Definitions

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  • noun The engineering of sets of points on a railway, tramway, etc.
  • noun ballet Alternative form of pointework.

Etymologies

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point +‎ work

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Examples

  • Bahne of Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (1001)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Sistemas Ferroviarios of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of crossings and pointwork (1001)

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • "Black Swan" offers just enough imagery to show us why pointwork in ballet can seem as extreme and punitive as the old Chinese custom of binding women's feet.

    NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2011

  • The pointwork at state boundaries where the systems overlapped was nightmarish.

    Home | Mail Online 2009

  • It includes his 1979 version of Verdi’s “Four Seasons,” which long-term Royal Ballet followers will remember from Kenneth MacMillan’s 1975 version, “Moves,” which used to be danced here in the 1980s by London Contemporary Dance Theater in a version without pointwork.

    Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • It includes his 1979 version of Verdi’s “Four Seasons,” which long-term Royal Ballet followers will remember from Kenneth MacMillan’s 1975 version, “Moves,” which used to be danced here in the 1980s by London Contemporary Dance Theater in a version without pointwork.

    Ballet in London: NYCB and The Royal go Toe to Toe - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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