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Definition of Earthwork
1. Noun. An earthen rampart.
Definition of Earthwork
1. n. Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
Definition of Earthwork
1. Noun. Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Earthwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthwork
Literary usage of Earthwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Surveying by Charles Blaney Breed, George Leonard Hosmer (1908)
"Whenever it is desired to ascertain the quantity of earthwork in an ... The three
general cases where the quantity of earthwork is to be estimated by the ..."
2. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine, William J. Millar (1889)
"Such tables generally give either the mean sectional area of a, piece of earthwork
of a given base and slope, and of given depths at the ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1832)
"I have been led to these observations by the discovery of an earthwork, ...
Was it then intended for a miit*sy earthwork? As an exploratory camp, ..."
4. Report by Madras (India). Railway Committee (1850)
"The earthwork.—Tlie total length of the proposed railway to Tiie earthwork ...
The total estimated cost of the earthwork is Rupees 138671. ..."
5. Useful Rules and Tables Relating to Mensuration, Engineering, Structures by William John Macquorn Rankine (1866)
"MENSURATION OP earthwork. s, the rate of slope of the earthwork ; that is, s
horizontal to 1 vertical ; r, the rate of sidelong slope of the natural ground, ..."
6. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"Definitions of earthwork. The term "earthwork" is applied to all the operations
... PROSECUTION OF earthwork.—No general rule can be laid down for the exact ..."
7. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1872)
"The two main divisions of the operations necessary in the construction of a road,
are its earthwork and its mechanical structures. 1. earthwork. ..."
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