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Earthwork
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.
Meaning of Earthwork from wikipedia
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earthwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Earthworks may
refer to:
Earthworks (archaeology), human-made
constructions that
modify the land...
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Newark Earthworks in
Newark and Heath, Ohio,
consist of
three sections of
preserved earthworks: the
Great Circle Earthworks, the
Octagon Earthworks, and...
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Earthworks are
engineering works created through the
processing of
parts of the earth's
surface involving quantities of soil or
unformed rock. An incomplete...
- In agriculture, a
terrace is a
piece of
sloped plane that has been cut into a
series of
successively receding flat
surfaces or platforms,
which resemble...
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Aetna Earthworks, also
known as the
Missaukee Earthworks or
Missaukee Mounds, is an
archaeological site
consisting of a pair of
circular earthworks designated...
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Earthworks is a 1965
dystopian science fiction novel by
British science fiction author Brian Aldiss. The
novel draws its
premise from
prevalent fears about...
- railway, or
landscape and
garden improvements, or
surface drainage. The
earthworks created for such a
purpose are
often called the sub-grade or finished...
- archaeology,
earthworks are
artificial changes in land level,
typically made from
piles of
artificially placed or
sculpted rocks and soil.
Earthworks can themselves...
- fortifications—for
example breastworks—and
often known as
fieldworks or
earthworks, are
extemporized by
troops in the field,
perhaps ****isted by such local...
- In
civil engineering, a cut or
cutting is
where soil or rock from a
relative rise is removed. Cuts are
typically used in road, rail, and
canal construction...
