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Definition of Earthworks
1. earthwork [n] - See also: earthwork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earthworks
Literary usage of Earthworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mineral Industry (1902)
"THE term "earthworks," in its broadest sense, includes many engineering works
... Both Engineering earthworks and Mining earthworks may be subdivided into ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"Celtic earthworks in Hampshire, in reference to the Density of the ... The remains
of Celtic earthworks in Hampshire, as in some other English counties, ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1866)
"... eight hundred yards distant from the enemy's earthworks, General Hill's division
being in advance of him. tice on the part of Captains Pegram, Crenshaw, ..."
4. The Publications of the Thoresby Society by Thoresby Society (1908)
"On the eastern side of this plateau stands the Church, in the north west corner
is a great series of earthworks remarkable in their interest and extent. ..."
5. Prehistoric Man: Researches Into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and by Daniel Wilson (1865)
"But besides the traces of their ephemeral dwellings and graves, it abounds with
earthworks of a highly distinctive character, altogether peculiar to the New ..."
6. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1901)
"32, T. 14, R. 15 E.), there are some ancient earthworks, that, so far as known,
... These earthworks, which are situated in what are known as the ..."
7. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1880)
"NOTES ON KENTISH earthworks. BY WM FLINDERS PETRIE. THE following notes are the
results of an examination of more than fifty, out of about seventy, ..."
8. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1903)
"By ELIZ. GALLUP. Gay and Bird. The first and second of these publications are of
archaeological interest only. Early Defensive earthworks is a short ..."
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