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DYKES |
Embankments |
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DIKES |
Embankments |
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RAMPARTS |
Defensive embankments |
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EARTHWORKS |
Excavated embankments |
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POLDER |
A tract of low land reclaimed from the sea by of high
embankments. |
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WHARFING |
A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks
driven as piles and secured by ties. |
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GO-OUT |
A sluice in embankments against the sea, for letting out
the land waters, when the tide is out. |
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EARTHWORK |
The operation connected with excavations and embankments
of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals,
railroads, etc. |
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NAVVY |
Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation;
hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads,
embankments, etc. |
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RAVELIN |
A detached work with two embankments which make a salient
angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the
place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon. |
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WORK |
Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as
docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like;
also, the structur... |