fieldwork

1. Work done out in the fields as opposed to that done elsewhere on the farm (e.g., barn, house, outbuildings, office). (uncountable) · Besides the bookkeeping and marketing, there's a ton of fieldwork to get done this week.
2. Work done out in the real world rather than in controlled conditions. (uncountable) · That well Bob set up last weekend was some good fieldwork.
3. The collection of raw data in the field. (countable, uncountable) · I thought the fieldwork in the course I was taking was going to be hard, but it was just interviewing people.

Plural fieldworks