Definition of Earthworks. Meaning of Earthworks. Synonyms of Earthworks

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Definition of Earthworks

Earthwork
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. 2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. (b) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Meaning of Earthworks from wikipedia

- Look up earthwork in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Earthworks may refer to: Earthworks (archaeology), human-made constructions that modify the land...
- Newark Earthworks in Newark and Heath, Ohio, consist of three sections of preserved earthworks: the Great Circle Earthworks, the Octagon Earthworks, and...
- In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble...
- archaeology, earthworks are artificial changes in land level, typically made from piles of artificially placed or sculpted rocks and soil. Earthworks can themselves...
- excavation Typical earthworks include road construction, railway beds, causeways, dams, levees, canals, and berms. Other common earthworks are land grading...
- Architectural Press. p. 18. ISBN 1-56898-040-X. Earthworks on Brian Aldiss's official site Earthworks title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction...
- Retrieved 2023-11-10. "The Earthworks". youngvic.org. Retrieved 10 November 2023. Shuttleworth, Ian (2017-05-30). "The Earthworks/Myth, The Other Place, Stratford-upon-Avon...
- Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Embankment" earthworks – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2021) (Learn how...
- fortifications—for example breastworks—and often known as fieldworks or earthworks, are extemporized by troops in the field, perhaps ****isted by such local...
- railway, or landscape and garden improvements, or surface drainage. The earthworks created for such a purpose are often called the sub-grade or finished...