fieldwork.
Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
Meaning & usage
Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office).
Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.
Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions.
That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.
The collection of raw data in the field.
I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.
A temporary fortification built by troops in the field; a defensive earthwork in the field.
Billy's out building some fieldwork so that our enemies don't walk right over us.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *felde-werk (found in plural felde werkes), equivalent to field + work.
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