rockwork

[ rok-wurk ]

noun

1. stonework.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rockwork¹

First recorded in 1700–10; rock ¹ + work

Example Sentences

In an hour or two the rails were up and they began to pull down the rockwork that faced the bank.

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The weakened frame had been replaced, but others needed strengthening and the rockwork must be built up among the timbers.

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They may be placed anywhere, but their best place seems to be among low shrubs, or on the rockwork.

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The water falls with pleasant cadence into a small basin set upon a base of moss-grown rockwork.

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There are certain hardy perennial yellow-flowered Alyssums which are useful for prominent edgings and for rockwork.

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