fieldwork

noun4

1. •
   Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.

   • That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.
2. •
   The collection of raw data in the field.

   • I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.
3. •
   Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).

   • Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.
4. •
   (rare) A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.

   • Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.