stepwork en · NOUN
Etymology
From step + work.
Meanings
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(uncountable) A construction in the form of steps.
The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.
1953, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Proceedings (volume 2, part 2, page 513)