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earthwork

[ urth-wurk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
Military. a construction formed chiefly of earth for protection against enemy fire, used in both offensive and defensive operations.
an artistic work that consists of a large-scale alteration or modification of an area of land in a configuration designed by an artist or of an artist's sculptural installation, as in a museum or gallery, of soil, rock, or similar elemental materials.

earthwork

/ ˈɜːθˌwɜːk /

First recorded in 1625–35; earth + work

The mask also points to how early Smithson came to the main motif of his most famous work, the “Spiral Jetty” earthwork from 1970.

My words only prompt you to throw up another earthwork at the point attacked.

On the crest of the swell Moore had thrown up a slight earthwork, which was manned when we approached.

This conversion of earthwork into stone in the age of Severus can be paralleled from other parts of the Roman empire.

There seemed to be a blockhouse on shore, and a kind of earthwork, near which was a flagstaff, but no flag was exhibited.

The principal battery consisted of a semicircular earthwork, in which were embrasures for 13 guns.

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