Definition of Earthwork. Meaning of Earthwork. Synonyms of Earthwork

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Definition of Earthwork

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

- Look up earthwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Earthworks may refer to: Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land...
- Newark Earthworks in Newark and Heath, Ohio, consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks, and...
- 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...
- Aetna Earthworks, also known as the Missaukee Earthworks or Missaukee Mounds, is an archaeological site consisting of a pair of circular earthworks designated...
- Earthworks is a 1965 dystopian science fiction novel by British science fiction author Brian Aldiss. The novel draws its premise from prevalent fears about...
- Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Embankment" earthworks – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2021) (Learn how...
- fortifications—for example breastworks—and often known as fieldworks or earthworks, are extemporized by troops in the field, perhaps ****isted by such local...
- The Stubbs Earthworks (33 WA 1) (also known as Bigfoot Earthworks and Warren County Serpent Mound) was a m****ive Ohio Hopewell culture (100 BCE to 500...
- Wans**** (from Woden's ****) is a series of early medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment...