Fieldwork

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fieldwork \Field"work`\, n. (Mil.)
     Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the
     field; -- commonly in the plural.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           All works which do not come under the head of permanent


           fortification are called fieldworks.     --Wilhelm.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  fieldwork
       n : a temporary fortification built by troops in the field