outwork

NOUN
  1. subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area
    the outworks of the castle

How To Use outwork In A Sentence

  • Outside the main defences lay large outworks such as the Terra Nova and Fort William.
  • I should have mentioned that on the north side of the other Piers at some distance another Pier is sunk to serve as a kind of outwork to the others in breaking the Force of the Ice coming down. Journal of a Tour to North Carolina by William Attmore, 1787
  • Rugeley is the worst of these; for it seems to have fallen back - from the staring red brick, perfectly modern, outworks that can get nothing to do - upon the old village street, which is built of sad, sullen-looking dirty-brown stone, miserable without the once-adjoining fields, and most disheartening to the passenger from the utterly unprosperous look of the place.
  • And just three days after a tough and emotional victory against Manchester United, we were unable to outwork the opposition this time.
  • An entrance is visible on the south side with a rather good outwork for added protection.
  • Embroidery remains largely a cottage industry with thousands of girls and women employed as outworkers.
  • I had always competed against larger people and at a certain point I decided I wasn't going to let anybody outwork me.
  • By recognizing both paid and unpaid work, she addresses housework, industrial labor, outwork, and white-collar careers.
  • New features included barbicans, walls, and other outworks guarding the approach to an entrance.
  • We just took each game as it came and we all went out there to try and outwork the other team.
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