stepwork

noun

stepwork

noun

Etymology From step + work.

1

A construction in the form of steps.

  • The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2, part 2, page 513)

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