| Pronunciation: | | 'feeld`wurk
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| Matching Terms: | | fieldworker
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| | Definition: | | [n] a temporary fortification built by troops in the field |
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| | See Also: | | fortification, munition |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Field"work`\, n. (Mil.)
Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the
field; -- commonly in the plural.
All works which do not come under the head of permanent
fortification are called fieldworks. --Wilhelm.
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| Glossary |
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| | Definition: | | the firsthand observation of human societies. |
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