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A facing of piles and boarding along the bank of a river, or at the side of an embankment, to protect the bank from the action of the current, or to…
Chiefly Civil Engineering. A facing of masonry, concrete, turf, or the like, supporting or protecting a bank or embankment.
Collective form of campshed, n.
Civil Engineering. = revetment, n. 2. Obsolete.