In an Earthquake Brace + Bolt (EBB) seismic retrofit, the foundation is "bolted" to the frame of the house, and when there are walls called "cripple walls" in the crawl space under the house, …

ebb suggests the receding of something (such as the tide) that commonly comes and goes.

Idiom ebb and flow (Definition of ebb from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

noun the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (flood, flow ). a flowing backward or away; decline or decay. the ebb of a once great nation. a point of decline. His fortunes were …

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ebb: The receding or outgoing tide, occurring between the time when the tide is highest and the time when the following tide is lowest.

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[no object] 1 of a tide : to flow outward from the land waiting for the tide to ebb 2 : to get worse Their fortunes began to ebb. [= decline]

When something ebbs, it is declining, falling, or flowing away. The best time to look for sea creatures in tidal pools is when the tide is on the ebb — meaning it has receded from the shore.