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n. An earthen embankment, especially one used as a fortification. See Synonyms at bulwark.

n. Engineering Excavation and embankment of earth.

n. A work of art made by altering an area of land or a natural geographic feature, especially on a large scale.

n. Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification

n. Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.

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n. The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc.

n. An embankment or construction made of earth.

n. In engineering, any operation in which earth is removed or thrown up, as in cuttings, embankments, etc.

n. In fortification, any offensive or defensive construction formed chiefly of earth: commonly in the plural.

n. Any similar construction, as the ancient mounds of earth found in various parts of the United States, of unknown use and origin. They differ widely in form, but are always well defined in plan, and sometimes inclose large areas.

n. an earthen rampart

"Behind the earthwork was a small fire, and he knew that men would be sitting about it."

rampart    wall    bulwark   

sconce   

blockhouse    abattis    redoubt    palisade    breastworks    hillock    earthquake-created    foxhole    northwestern    counterscarp