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earthwork |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Earthwork \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: earthwork n : an earthen rampart
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