Outwork

3 definitions found

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

  Outwork \Out*work"\, v. t.
     To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
     [1913 Webster]

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



  Outwork \Out"work`\, n. (Fort.)
     A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work,
     as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. --Wilhelm.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  outwork
       n : subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main
           fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"