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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area;
- Example: "the outworks of the castle"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

outwork
    n 1: subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main
         fortified area; "the outworks of the castle"