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revetment|rɪˈvɛtmənt|
[ad. F. revêtement: see prec. and cf. revet v.1]
1. Fortif. A retaining-wall (of masonry or other material) supporting the face of an earthen rampart or the side of a ditch.
1779[see revêtement 1]. 1838Penny Cycl. X. 375/2 The cordon..at the top of the revetment. 1863Kinglake Crimea (1877) III. v. 365 The fort was surrounded by a ditch,..with revetments in masonry. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. 341/2 In field fortification, the materials used for the revetments are gabions, fascines, sandbags [etc.].
2. Civil Engin. A facing of masonry, concrete, sods, etc., supporting or protecting a bank or embankment.
1838Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl. I. 338/1 B, revetment or sea wall. 1856Illustr. Lond. News 2 Feb. 110/1 The revetment [of the dry dock] at top was 6 feet 8 inches broad. 1880Ball Jungle Life India xi. 494 The site of the town of Cuttack..has necessitated costly revetments and other protective works on the river face.
3. Arch. A facing of stone or other hard material over a less durable substance.
1891Sellers tr. Schuckhardt's Schliemann's Excav. 152 The slabs..were originally the mere outward revetment of a massive wall.
4. attrib., as revetment wall, revetment system, etc.
1838Penny Cycl. X. 10/1 In large fortresses the escarp is the exterior surface of the revetment wall which supports the rampart. 1882Harper's Mag. LXV. 612 The levee, jetty, and revetment system is not so simple. 1884Knight Dict. Mech. Suppl. 755/2 The building of the revetment mattress at Council Bluffs. |