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Earthwork

Earthwork Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Earthwork? [n] an earthen rampart Synonyms \| Synonyms for Earthwork: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Earthwork: abatis \| advanced work \| arch dam \| backstop \| balistraria \| bamboo curtain \| bank \| banquette \| bar \| barbed-wire entanglement \| barbican \| barrage \| barricade \| barrier \| bartizan \| bastion \| battlement \| bear-trap dam \| beaver dam \| boom \| breakwater \| breastwork \| brick wall \| buffer \| bulkhead \| bulwark \| casemate \| cheval-de-frise \| circumvallation \| cofferdam \| contravallation \| counterscarp \| curtain \| dam \| defense \| demibastion \| dike \| ditch \| drawbridge \| embankment \| enclosure \| entanglement \| escarp \| escarpment \| fence \| fieldwork \| fortalice \| fortification \| gate \| glacis \| gravity dam \| groin \| hydraulic-fill dam \| iron curtain \| jam \| jetty \| leaping weir \| levee \| logjam \| loophole \| lunette \| machicolation \| mantelet \| merlon \| milldam \| moat \| mole \| mound \| outwork \| palisade \| parados \| parapet \| portcullis \| postern gate \| rampart \| ravelin \| redan \| redoubt \| roadblock \| rock-fill dam \| sally port \| scarp \| sconce \| seawall \| shutter dam \| stockade \| stone wall \| tenaille \| vallation \| vallum \| wall \| weir \| wicket dam \| work See Also \| bulwark \| rampart \| wall Earthwork In Webster's Dictionary \Earth"work`\, n. 1. (Mil.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth. 2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. (b) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Earthwork Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Earthwork?

[n] an earthen rampart

Synonyms | Synonyms for Earthwork:

See Also | bulwark | rampart | wall

Earthwork In Webster's Dictionary

\Earth"work`\, n.
1. (Mil.) Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or
   permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the
   material of which is chiefly earth.

2. (Engin.)
   (a) The operation connected with excavations and
       embankments of earth in preparing foundations of
       buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.
   (b) An embankment or construction made of earth.

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