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earthworks

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earthworks [ˈɜːrθwɜːrks] npl (ARCHAEOLOGY) → ouvrages mpl de terre
earthworks [ˈɜːθˌwɜːks] npl → lavori mpl di sterro
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Several battalions of soldiers, in their shirt sleeves despite the cold wind, swarmed in these earthworks like a host of white ants; spadefuls of red clay were continually being thrown up from behind the bank by unseen hands.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
We have moved forward across his earthworks, across which we have so often vainly attempted to move before, through the debris of his abandoned camps, among the graves of his fallen, into the woods beyond.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Great anxiety prevails in West Surrey, and earthworks are being thrown up to check the advance Londonward.
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