ground-work

English

Noun

ground-work (countable and uncountable, plural ground-works)

1. Alternative spelling of groundwork
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Letters”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 198:

     "And I will tell you an idea that has struck me," replied he, "as a good ground-work for a drama. I do not know how it is, but I need more encouragement than I used to do, to begin any thing new. Now, talking over a plan, is a sort of beginning; and, careless as you are, you have an intuitive judgment."