Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Cribbing \Crib"bing\ (kr?b"b?ng), n.
   1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close
      quarters.

   2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.]

   3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a
      shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water,
      etc.

   4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays
      hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air
      into the stomach with a grunting sound.

Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Cribbing}.]
   1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to
      cramp.

            If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.
                                                  --I. Taylor.

            Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.  --Shak.

   2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to
      appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from
      Milton. [Colloq.]

            Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.
                                                  --Dickens.

Source : WordNet®

cribbing
     See {crib}

crib
     n 1: baby bed with high sides [syn: {cot}]
     2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
        (often used illicitly) [syn: {pony}, {trot}]
     3: a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
        discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: {cribbage}]
     v 1: use a crib, as in an exam
     2: take unauthorized (intellectual material)
     3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
     [also: {cribbing}, {cribbed}]