Antonyms for earthwork


Grammar : Noun
Spell : urth-wurk
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɜrθˌwɜrk


Definition of earthwork

Origin :
  • 1630s, from earth + work (n.). In this sense Old English had eorðbyrig; Old English eorðweorc meant "work on the land."
  • As in levee : noun embankment
  • As in rampart : noun fortification, stronghold
  • As in trench : noun ditch, channel dug in earth
  • As in fortification : noun reinforced position
Example sentences :
  • A part of the earthwork can still be seen in the garden of a Hockingport residence.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • The road bed may be shaped in connection with the other earthwork.
  • Extract from : « American Rural Highways » by T. R. Agg
  • From the fuss it was apparent that the abattis and earthwork had succumbed.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • Along the brow of this hill upon which we are standing was an earthwork.
  • Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris
  • We concentrated our guns on him as he crouched behind this earthwork.
  • Extract from : « The Clansman » by Thomas Dixon
  • "They've withdrawn the front line, it has retired," said they, pointing over the earthwork.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He had hardly done it before they were under the parapet of the earthwork.
  • Extract from : « For Fortune and Glory » by Lewis Hough
  • This earthwork was about fifteen feet long, four feet wide, and two high.
  • Extract from : « In Beaver World » by Enos Abijah Mills
  • An earthwork, of which traces exist, may be Saxon or Danish.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 4 » by Various
  • The name of the discoverer of this earthwork has been lost in the dimness of time.
  • Extract from : « Baraboo, Dells, and Devil's Lake Region » by H. E. Cole

Synonyms for earthwork

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