roadworks

noun

1. work, as construction or repairs, done on a road.
2. a conditioning exercise for an athlete consisting of running considerable distances in areas that are reasonably free of obstructions or traffic, as fields or country roads: performed chiefly by boxers in training for a bout.

pl n

1. repairs to a road or cable under a road, esp when forming a hazard or obstruction to traffic

noun

1. sports training by running along roads

n.

also road-work, 1765, “work done in making and repairing roads;” 1903 as “exercise done on roads;” from road (n.) + work (n.).