outworks
Surpasses in effort
Outworks are defensive fortifications built beyond the main walls of a fort or castle, designed to slow attackers and protect the primary structure.
The term extends to any outer defenses or preliminary obstacles: The company's outworks of legal barriers delayed the hostile takeover.
As a verb, outworks means to surpass in work output: She consistently outworks her colleagues.
Fortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- lunetteCrescent-shaped architectural opening
- demiluneSemicircular architectural element
- glacisFortification's outer slope
sconce · barbican · earthwork · entrenchment · palisade · stockade · breastwork · fieldwork
Line marking a limit
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
- forward positionsLocations closer to enemy
- picketPointed fence stake
- buffer zoneNeutral area between rivals
bastion
Fortified defensive position
- redoubtEnclosed temporary fortification
- lunetteCrescent-shaped architectural opening
- demiluneSemicircular architectural element
glacis · sconce · barbican · earthwork · entrenchment · palisade · stockade · breastwork · fieldwork · rampart
boundary
Line marking a limit
- peripheryBoundary or outer region
- forward positionsLocations closer to enemy
- picketPointed fence stake
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
outworksunderperforms
Fails to meet expectations
slacks · coasts · loafs · shirks · underachieves