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revetment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | revetement, stone facing |
| Type of | cladding, facing |
| Derivation | revet |
revetment::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | barrier |
Examples of revetment
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Edwards says not so, saying there will a public path on the revetment itself.
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In the 19th century a revetment was added to strengthen the decaying wall.
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The marble revetment of the interior was begun in the second half of the eleventh century.
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The plaster revetment is peeling off, laying bare the uneven masonry.
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The structural alternative involves constructing a seawall, revetment, groin or breakwater.
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SergeantTroy McGill occupied a revetment with his squad of eight men.
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These will act as a single unit and are stacked with setbacks to form a revetment or retaining wall.
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A rock revetment holds back the sea behind it.
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A drystone revetment ran alongside the edge of the mound, which had been interpreted as a landing place or quay.
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- A barrier against explosives
- A facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
- In stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering, revetments are sloping structures placed on banks or cliffs in such a way as to absorb the energy of incoming water. In military engineering they are structures, again sloped, formed to secure an area from artillery, bombing, or stored explosives...
- (Revetments) A facing of masonry to protect a wall
- (Revetments) wooden, steel, or concrete fence-like structures that allow sea water and sediment to pass through, but the structures absorb wave energy. A beach can build up behind the revetment and provide further protection for the cliff. These are used as part of coastal defences.
- A support or reinforcing wall of earthworks or permanent fortifications was called a revetment. Sandbags, gabions, or fascines, revetted fieldworks; masonry revetments supported stone or brick forts.
- Stone wall designed to hold an earth rampart
- An embankment or wall of sandbags, earth, etc., constructed to restrain material from being transported away. A facing of stone, cement, sandbags, etc., to protect a wall or embankment.
- The facing of the sides of a ditch or parapet.
