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Works thrown up by an army in besieging or defending a fortress, or in strengthening its position.
“Earth-forts, and especially field works, will hereafter play an important part in wars.”—W.T. Sherman: Memoirs, vol. ii. chap. xxiv. p. 398.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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