Outwork
[autwә:k]
Definition
(noun.) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; 'the outworks of the castle'.
Typist: Remington--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
(n.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.
Edited by Greg
Definition
n. a work outside the principal wall or line of fortification: work done in the fields out of doors as distinguished from indoor work.—v.t. Outwork′ (Shak.) to surpass in work or labour: to work out or bring to an end: to finish.—n. Out′worker one who works out of doors or who takes away work to do at home.
Editor: Rufus
Examples
- The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The postern gate shakes, continued Rebecca; it crashes--it is splintered by his blows--they rush in--the outwork is won--Oh, God! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- We lost the outwork on our part. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Here, screened by the outwork, she waited. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In the outwork was a sallyport corresponding to the postern of the castle, and the whole was surrounded by a strong palisade. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They readily agreed that the point of greatest danger was that opposite to the outwork of which the assailants had possessed themselves. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The camp outside the fort was intrenched, with rifle pits and outworks two miles back on the road to Donelson and Dover. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Typist: Nora