Revetment
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 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.
Example
More examples"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."
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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