cribbing
n.— «Big wooden blocks—both Meerbott and Coutu referred to them as “cribbing”—were placed beneath the truck chassis, followed by the airbag.» —“74-year-old woman hit by tractor-trailer” by Arthur Kimball-Stanley Providence Journal (R.I.) Mar. 26, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
After our conversation about terms for ice cream trucks, a listener reports that her harried mother used to tell her kids that the cheery sounds wafting through their neighborhood were from the music truck. This is part of a complete episode.
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