a type of stonework which is designed to imitate the irregularity of natural rock for decorative purposes
rockwork in American English
(ˈrɑkˌwɜːrk)
noun
stonework
Word origin
[1700–10; rock1 + work]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cirrus, hump, marquise, sliding scale
Examples of 'rockwork' in a sentence
rockwork
They are very desirable plants, either for bed formation, for rockwork ornamentation, or for planting around the shrubbery margins.
A. D. Webster Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs (1897). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)