outwork (redirected from outworks)

out·work  (out-wûrk)

tr.v. out·worked or out·wrought (-rôt), out·work·ing, out·works

1. To work better or faster than.

2. To complete (something); work (something) out.

n. (outwûrk)

A minor fortification constructed beyond a main defensive position or fortification.

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outwork

n [ˈaʊtˌwɜːk]

1. (Military) (often plural) defences which lie outside main defensive works

2. work performed away from the factory, office, etc., by which it has been commissioned

vb [ˌaʊtˈwɜːk] -works, -working, -worked, -wrought (tr)

1. to work better, harder, etc., than

2. to work out to completion

outworker  n

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

outwork - subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; "the outworks of the castle" defensive structure, defence, defense - a structure used to defend against attack; "the artillery battered down the defenses"