Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EARTHWORK
earthwork
(noun) an earthen rampart
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
earthwork (plural earthworks)
Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
Source: Wiktionary
Earth"work`, n.
1. (Mil.)
Definition: Any construction, whether a temporary breastwork or permanent fortification, for attack or defense, the material of which is chiefly earth.
2. (Engin.) (a) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc. (b) An embankment or construction made of earth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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