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revetment
[ ri-vet-muhnt ]
noun
- a facing of masonry or the like, especially for protecting an embankment.
- an ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
revetment
/ °ùɪˈ±¹É›³Ù³¾É™²Ô³Ù /
noun
- a facing of stones, sandbags, etc, to protect a wall, embankment, or earthworks
- another name for retaining wall
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of revetment1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of revetment1
Example Sentences
"As far as I'm aware, those train tracks were built in 1973 to support the building of the coast protection structures - the timber revetments which go along the cliffs, but also the groynes," he said.
Crews removed about 3,000 feet of levee and revetment — a barrier that slows erosion — built in the 1960s and 1970s.
Other measures include timber revetments or seawalls to slow erosion.
The first, found medieval timber structures thought to represent waterfront revetments, with a wall that runs alongside the medieval location of the riverside.
As part of efforts to defend the castle 5,000 tonnes of granite boulders have been put in place to form a barrier, or "revetment".
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