revetment
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revetment
n.
embankment, large mound or wall used to as a levee or supporting wall; cement or stone facing of an embankment
Revetment
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. River or coastal revetments are usually built to preserve the existing uses of the shoreline and to protect the slope, as defense against
erosion.
revetment
Noun
1. a barrier against explosives
(hypernym) barrier
2. a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
(synonym) revetement, stone facing
(hypernym) facing, cladding
(part-holonym) embankment
(derivation) revet
Revetment
(v. t.)
A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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