Definitions
A bank, rampart, or construction made from dug soil.
Word origin
From earth + work. First attested in the 1630s.
Used in a sentence
“At the moment only some 35 miles of earthwork have been completed from Qum, and no permanent way has been laid.”
“The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dug defensive barrier”9 letters
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