Hypertext Webster Gateway: "outwork"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outwork \Out*work"\, v. t.
To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Outwork \Out"work`\, n. (Fort.)
A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work,
as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. --Wilhelm.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
outwork
n : subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main
fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"
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