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Definition of Revetments

Revetment
Revetment Re*vet"ment, n. [F. rev[^e]tement the lining of a ditch, fr. rev[^e]tir to clothe, L. revestire. See Revest, v. t.] (Fort. & Engin.) 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. [Written also rev[^e]tement.]

Meaning of Revetments from wikipedia

- of wooden revetments has largely been replaced by modern concrete-based defense structures such as tetrapods. In the 1730s, wooden revetments protecting...
- Jaguar T4 in a revetment built from gabions at RAF Cosford in 2018 Wikimedia Commons has media related to Revetments (aircraft). Revetment (a sloped wall)...
- Revetment may refer to: Revetment, a sloping structure used in erosion control (at a riverbank or coastline) or as part of military fortifications Revetment...
- Dynamic revetments, also known as "cobble berms" or "dynamic cobble berm revetments", use gravel or cobble-sized rocks to mimic a natural cobble storm...
- Zealand River, New Hampshire. More than 150 grade-control structures, bank revetments and channel deflectors were constructed on the two U.S. Forest Service...
- from landfill and by the late 1930s was protected by a seawall or revetment. The revetment was designed and constructed by Chicago Park District engineers...
- "Playford Hall and Attached Revetments Around The Most Inner Bank of The Enclosing Moat" though the bridge and revetments to the south arm of the moat...
- Oosterschelde needed to be strengthened. Over 200 km of the **** needed new revetments. The connections between the Eastern Scheldt and the neighboring Haringvliet...
- area beyond. The most basic revetments consist of timber slants with a possible rock infill. Waves break against the revetments, which dissipate and absorb...
- also refer to ornate decorative ceramic elements such as antefixes and revetments, which had a large impact on the appearance of temples and other buildings...