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Webster 1913 Edition
Outwork
Out-work′
,Verb.
T.
To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
Out′workˊ
,Noun.
(Fort.)
A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.
Wilhelm.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outwork
OUT'WORK
,Noun.
Definition 2024
outwork
outwork
English
Verb
outwork (third-person singular simple present outworks, present participle outworking, simple past and past participle outworked)
- (rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- For now three dayes of men were full outwrought, / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:
- To work faster or harder than.
Noun
outwork (plural outworks)
- (architecture) A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
Translations
a minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification
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