Definitions
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- noun A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.
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- noun A
temporary fort where siege guns aremounted .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I looked in, found only a handful of patients and the situation under control, went on to check the siegework.
Shadows Linger Cook, Glen 1984
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The western style of warfare was more given to castles and siegework than that of Hammad al Nakir.
The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984
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El Nadim had pressed the chase right to the gate and though he did not have the manpower to undertake a proper siege, he had begun siegework.
The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984
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He followed his teacher everywhere, watching with those wide, curious eyes, logging every detail of the siegework in an infallible memory.
The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984
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Once the body was loaded, she told the Lieutenant, "Begin your preliminary siegework immediately.
Shadows Linger Cook, Glen 1984
chained_bear commented on the word siegework
An earthwork raised for the protection of a force besieging a castle.
August 26, 2008