Revetment

//ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt//

Synonyms for "revetment" (16 found)

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German

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  • Deckwerk noun (layer of hard material supporting the side of an embankment)

Indonesian

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  • revetmen noun (layer of hard material supporting the side of an embankment)

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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.

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A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].

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