rockwork

Etymology

From rock + work.

rockwork means ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.

noun

Ornamental work done with rocks, as for example around a pond.“Down came the clenched hands to her sides, then up again above her head, and, as I am a living and honourable man, the white flame of the fire leapt up after them, almost to the roof, throwing a fierce and ghastly glare upon She herself, upon the white figure beneath the covering, and every scroll and detail of the rockwork.”
The act of climbing a rock face, cliff, etc.“Lord John was an experienced mountaineer, and Summerlee had done some rough climbing at various times, so that I was really the novice at rock-work of the party; but my strength and activity may have made up for my want of experience.”