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outwork

Pronunciation:  'awtwurk

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"
 
 See Also: defence, defense, defensive structure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Out*work"\, v. t.
To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.


  2. \Out"work`\, n. (Fort.)
A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work,
as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. --Wilhelm.
 

 

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