Earthwork
English Meaning
Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
- An earthen embankment, especially one used as a fortification. See Synonyms at bulwark.
- Engineering Excavation and embankment of earth.
- A work of art made by altering an area of land or a natural geographic feature, especially on a large scale.