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What (who) is outwork$56315$ - definition
Outwork
![ditch]] in the centre, and the outwork (a [[counterguard]]) to the right.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malta - Valletta - St. Michael's Bastion (Manoel Island) 01 ies.jpg?width=200 "ditch]] in the centre, and the outwork (a [[counterguard]]) to the right.")
TYPE OF FORTIFICATION
Flank battery; Outworks; Out-work
An outwork is a minor fortification built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Outworks such as ravelins, lunettes (demilunes), flèches and caponiers to shield bastions and fortification curtains from direct battery were developed in the 16th century.
Outwork
TYPE OF FORTIFICATION
Flank battery; Outworks; Out-work
·vt To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
II. Outwork ·noun A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, ·etc.
outwork
TYPE OF FORTIFICATION
Flank battery; Outworks; Out-work
¦ noun
1. an outer section of a fortification or system of defence.
2. Brit. work done outside the factory or office which provides it.
Derivatives
outworker noun
outworking noun
