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Work :: Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.

Delph :: Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Imbankment :: Imbankment (n.) The act of surrounding with a bank; a bank or mound raised for defense, a roadway, etc.; an embankment. See Embankment..

Bund :: Bund (n.) An embankment against inundation.

Revet :: Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material..

Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Go-out :: Go-out (n.) A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out the land waters, when the tide is out..

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Crest :: Crest (n.) The top line of a slope or embankment.

Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

Lead :: Lead (n.) the distance of haul, as from a cutting to an embankment..

Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..

Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Rampart :: Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..

Dike :: Dike (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

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