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Definition of Outwork
1. Noun. Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area. "The outworks of the castle"
Definition of Outwork
1. v. t. To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
2. n. A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.
Definition of Outwork
1. Verb. (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete. ¹
2. Verb. To work faster or harder than. ¹
3. Noun. A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Outwork
1. to work faster or better than [v -WORKED or -WROUGHT, -WORKING, -WORKS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outwork
Literary usage of Outwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by Sir William Wilson Hunter (1885)
"This outwork contains many tanks, and the monument of a Muhammadan saint. ...
Near the north-east corner of the outwork, at the confluence of the ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... from the trebuchets of the templars, for God wished to deliver that city to
his servants entire, as the key and outwork of all the land of Egypt. ..."
3. Women's Work and Wages: A Phase of Life in an Industrial City by Edward Cadbury, Marie Cecile Matheson, George Shann (1907)
"... CHAPTER IV outwork» TT OMEWORK (or, more technically, outwork) JL 1 has been
described as the " Subterranean Department" of industry. ..."
4. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"March of Colonel Gillespie's Column,— Surprise of the outwork, — Defences
Forced.— Explosion of a Redoubt, — the Fort taken, — the Pursuit and Dispersion of ..."
5. The History of British India by James Mill, Horace Hayman Wilson (1858)
"March of Colonel Gillespie's Column, — Surprise of the outwork, — Defences Forced.
— Explosion of a Redoubt, — the Fort taken, — the Pursuit and Dispersion ..."
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