Outwork

(noun.) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; 'the outworks of the castle'.

校对:雷明顿

• The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The postern gate shakes, continued Rebecca; it crashes--it is splintered by his blows--they rush in--the outwork is won--Oh, God! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• We lost the outwork on our part. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Here, screened by the outwork, she waited. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• In the outwork was a sallyport corresponding to the postern of the castle, and the whole was surrounded by a strong palisade. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• They readily agreed that the point of greatest danger was that opposite to the outwork of which the assailants had possessed themselves. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The camp outside the fort was intrenched, with rifle pits and outworks two miles back on the road to Donelson and Dover. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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