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Meanings of great earthworks in English

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Usage of great earthworks in English
1
Against these great earthworks the heavy guns of the attacking forces availed little.
The Boy Allies at Verdun; Or, Saving France from the Enemy
2
They had torn up the street and thrown great earthworks across one end of the bridge.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, ...
3
But each day as the trains of men came, spilling their baskets, the great earthworks grew and their height mounted.
The ninth vibration and other stories
4
On a level plain having practically no defensible sites, great earthworks would be necessary, and these we find at Skipsea Brough.
Yorkshire
5
For the length of that levee line the great earthworks seemed an impregnable fortress, towering two and three stories above the flat delta land.
Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
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