English

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Etymology

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From tower +‎ -work.

Noun

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towerwork (uncountable)

  1. Construction in the form of a tower or towers.
    • 2013, Mary J. Shapiro, A Picture History of the Brooklyn Bridge, page 17:
      Roebling designed the ornamental towerwork, which was much praised at the time; as Roebling himself wrote home, “The bridge will be beautiful.”