earthwork embankment

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• 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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• earthwork — [ʉrth′wʉrk΄] n. 1. an embankment made by piling up earth, esp. as a fortification 2. Engineering the work of excavating or building embankments 3. a work of art, usually massive in scale, incorporating a natural feature of an area, as a groove… …   English World dictionary

• earthwork — noun Date: 1633 1. an embankment or other construction made of earth; especially one used as a field fortification 2. the operations connected with excavations and embankments of earth 3. a work of art consisting of a portion of land modified by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• earthwork — noun Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification …   Wiktionary

• earthwork — Synonyms and related words: abatis, advanced work, arch dam, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, bear trap dam, beaver dam,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• embankment — Synonyms and related words: L, abutment, anchorage, anchorage ground, anthill, arc boutant, arch dam, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, basin, beach, beam, bear trap dam, beaver dam, berm, berth, boom, branch, breakwater,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• earthwork — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rampart (see defense). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. embankment, dugout, fortification; see barrier , fortification 2 , trench …   English dictionary for students

• earthwork — n. fortification, embankment (made of earth) …   English contemporary dictionary

• embankment — em bank·ment || mÉ™nt n. dike, raised mound of earth, earthwork, rampart (for defense, protection, holding back water, etc.) …   English contemporary dictionary

• embankment — n 1. bank, mound, elevation of earth, Phys. Geog. levee; dike, dam, breakwater, mole; pier, jetty, quay, wharf. 2. causeway, Brit. Dial. causey, raised road or path, viaduct, bridge. 3. wall, rampart, bulwark, Fort. breastwork; railing,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• Wansdyke (earthwork) — Wansdyke (from Woden s Dyke ) is an early medieval series of defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the ditch spoil. It runs from Maes Knoll in historic Somerset, a hillfort …   Wikipedia