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Definition of Ringwork
1. Noun. A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ringwork
1. work executed in rings [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ringwork
Literary usage of Ringwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1920)
"Almost any ringwork may have been constructed for a barrow; no ringwork may safely
... As every ringwork possessed for earlier races and earlier generations ..."
2. The Works of Virgil by Virgil, John Dryden, John Carey, Knightly Chetwood (1803)
"Distinguish'd by the straits, on either hand, Now rising cities in long order
stand, And fruitful fields: — so much can time invade The mould'ringwork, ..."
3. Russian Art and Art Objects in Russia: A Handbook to the Reproductions of by Alfred Maskell (1884)
"Their excellence lay in the fineness and strength of the interlaced ringwork of
which they were composed. ..."
4. Earthwork of England: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman and Mediæval by Arthur Hadrian Allcroft (1908)
"... but that it has been artificially improved in places is obvious, and at one
spot, about £ mile north of Kirklington Church, an unmistakable ringwork ..."
5. Some Old Love Stories by Thomas Power O'Connor (1895)
"I think that prison good, because there is first the castle itself, then a ringwork
all round the mountains, and after that a pretty long passage among the ..."
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