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Meanings of earthwork in English
Russian
земляные работы Portuguese
terraplenagem Catalan
moviment de terres Spanish
movimiento de tierras 
Engineering work created through the moving or processing of parts of the earth's surface.
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Usage of earthwork in English
1
The earthwork, the thickets, and the trees were torn by cannon balls.
2
On Eype Down is an ancient earthwork of much interest to archaeologists.
3
The blunt brass snouts of the cannon poked through the earthwork defences.
4
The earthwork follows the line of the ravines on two sides.
5
When piled with others, they would form the core of a defensive earthwork.
6
The stones are enclosed in a circular earthwork 300 feet across.
7
Near the site of Hughes High School in Cincinnati stood this prehistoric earthwork.
8
The short space between them and the earthwork was quickly traversed.
9
He struck the earthwork furiously with the flat of his sword.
10
In the fourth, a long earthwork ran until it faded into the distance.
11
To completely ruin an earthwork battery, you must dismantle every gun in it.
12
Ned leaned against an edge of the earthwork, and breathed heavily and painfully.
13
A peculiar kind of earthwork has the outline of gigantic men or animals.
14
The station was now complete, and well fortified by a ditch and earthwork.
15
Paul slipped from the circle, and joined Henry outside the earthwork.
16
The high earthwork walls of the redoubt were looking up before him now.
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Translations for earthwork
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Earthwork through the time
Earthwork across language varieties
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