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Revetment

//ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt// noun

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Noun

1
A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
"Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end."
2
a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment wordnet
3
An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
4
a barrier against explosives wordnet
5
An armoured building that provides protection against bombs.

Etymology

From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + vestire (“to clothe”).

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