Sekirov Dictionary

outwork

/ˈaʊtwɜːk/

noun 2
/aʊtˈwɜːk/ verb 2
forms 4

noun2

•
A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.
- Beyond the castle, scattered outworks offered some protection for the farther-flung peasants.
Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.

outwork

/aʊtˈwɜːk/

verb2

•
To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else).
- A few may be able to outsmart him, but no one can outwork him.
•
(no longer used, rare) To work out to a finish; to complete.
- For now three dayes of men were full outwrought, / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...]. — 1590

forms

outworked · outwrought · outworking · outworks

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