Outwork (Noun)
Meaning
Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle".
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The fortress had been strategically positioned, but the poorly guarded outwork proved vulnerable to siege.
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- To begin the siege proper Lord James would first need to smash through the outwork that dominated the road south.
- A grand modern hotel on the south hill is the resort's luxury outwork, marking the transformation over the years and adapting itself to the constant flow of visitors, ensuring all that enter its doors.
- Archaeological investigations have indicated that this was not the only outwork built by those inhabitants and that others of smaller scale existed in a pattern of fortifications that included it.