definición y significado de outwork

Definición

outwork (n.)

1.subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area"the outworks of the castle"

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Merriam Webster

OutworkOut*work" (?), v. t. To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

OutworkOut"work` (?), n. (Fort.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc. Wilhelm.

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An outwork is a minor defense, fortification, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached. Outworks were developed in the 16th century, such as ravelins, lunettes (demilunes), caponiers to shield bastions and fortification curtains from direct battery. Later the increasing scale of warfare and the greater resources available to the besieger accelerated this development, and systems of outworks grew more and more elaborate and sprawling as a means of slowing the attacker's progress and making it more costly.

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Fortifications

Since ancient times	Abatis Castra Circular rampart City gate Crannóg Ditch Defensive wall Gatehouse Grad Hill fort Palisade Refuge castle Stockade Sudis Trou de loup Vallum Wagon fort

Since Middle Ages	Arrowslit Barbican Bartizan Bastion Bent entrance Bergfried Caltrop Castle Concentric castle Cheval de frise Citadel Curtain wall Drawbridge Enceinte Embrasure Fortified tower Gate tower Gabion Glacis Guard tower Gulyay-gorod Hoarding Keep Kremlin (Detinets) L-plan castle Machicolation Moat Motte-and-bailey Murder-hole Neck ditch Peel tower Portcullis Reduit Shield wall Toll castle Tower house Turret Wall tower Ward (Bailey) Watchtower Yett

Since Early modern period	Bastion Blockhouse Breastwork Canal Caponier Casemate Cavalier Crownwork Coupure Hornwork Lunette Ostrog Outwork Polygonal fort Punji sticks Ravelin Redoubt Sandbag Scarp Station Star fort Tenaille

Since 19th century	Barbed wire Barbette Border outpost Bunker Coastal artillery Gun turret Land battery Land mine Outpost Trench warfare Sangar Wire obstacles

Since 20th century	Admiralty scaffolding Barbed tape Concertina wire Defensive fighting position Spider hole British "hedgehog" road block Czech hedgehog Dragon's teeth Electric fence Flak tower Fire support base Hesco bastion Jersey barrier Main Line of Resistance Sentry gun

Fortifications by topography	Bridge castle Cave castle Hill castle Hill fort Hillside castle Hilltop castle Island castle Lowland castle Marsh castle Ridge castle Rocca Rock castle Spur castle

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