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Meanings of
earthworks
in inglés
The removal of earth from its natural position.\ (Source: HARRIS)
digging
excavation
Usage of
earthworks
in inglés
1
Here was a battery with
earthworks
;
there, a fort; beyond, a signal-staff.
2
We kept the
earthworks
and trenches of the front on our right.
3
Now the ramparts and
earthworks
are overrun and almost hidden by roses.
4
The messenger would have to run the gauntlet of the enemy's
earthworks
.
5
Several had been posted behind some
earthworks
thrown up by the enemy.
6
He pointed out over the maze of ditches and
earthworks
and foundations.
7
Local tradition gives to these ancient
earthworks
the name of Attila's Camp.
8
This also was fortified by water and
earthworks
,
but not so strongly.
9
Johnston believed that Banks, behind the
earthworks
at Strasburg, was securely sheltered.
10
He regained the
earthworks
,
now a bloodied steaming heap of half-dismembered corpses.
11
These
earthworks
have been considered Saxon, but later opinion labels them post-Conquest.
12
He has designed 200-mile-long
earthworks
for uranium-mine tailings on the Colorado Plateau.
13
It has dug no trenches, built no
earthworks
,
thrown up no abatis!
14
Areas monitored included those where
earthworks
and harvesting had recently happened.
15
Not far from him, Laveaux pulled up his horse and faced the
earthworks
.
16
Here the enemy was formed in force, with a line of strong
earthworks
.
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earthworks
earthwork
Noun
Plural
Frequent collocations
throw up earthworks
ancient earthworks
great earthworks
new earthworks
strong earthworks
More collocations
Earthworks
through the time
Earthworks
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