outwork

How To Use outwork In A Sentence

• The loss of the barbican had also this unfortunate effect, that, notwithstanding the superior height of the castle walls, the besieged could not see from them, with the same precision as before, the operations of the enemy; for some straggling underwood approached so near the sallyport of the outwork, that the assailants might introduce into it whatever force they thought proper, not only under cover, but even without the knowledge of the defenders. Ivanhoe
• a scarlet "whittle" over all this motley finery; with a "outwork quoyf or ciffer" (New England French for coiffure) with "long wings" at the side, and a silk or tiffany hood on her drooping head, -- Priscilla in this attire were pretty indeed. Sabbath in Puritan New England
• The guy won't rest - he can't rest - until he's fairly well convinced that he has outworked the opposition.
• It's not about being outworked, or people being smarter than the American worker.
• Outworkers in the clothing industry are usually badly paid.
• The major adjustment we made was that we were going to outwill them and outwork them, and eventually we outplayed them.'' Boston.com Top Stories
• Meer Baber Beg has placed his fortress in a very respectable state of defence, quite adequate to repel the desultory inroads of his predatory neighbours; but commanded by and exposed to enfilade from the hills about it, on one of these hills he has built a tower as a kind of outwork, but it is very weak and of insignificant size. A Peep into Toorkisthhan
• In the outwork was a sallyport corresponding to the postern of the castle, and the whole was surrounded by a strong palisade. Ivanhoe
• the outworks of the castle
• But the only privilege either had was the opportunity to outwork his competitors in order to reach his goals.