α. 1500s– gabionade, 1600s–1900s gabionnade.
β. 1700s gabionnado.
gabionaden.
/ˈɡeɪbɪəneɪd/, /ˌɡeɪbɪəˈneɪd/, U.S. /ˈɡeɪbiəˌneɪd/, /ˈɡeɪbiəˌnɑd/ A military fortification or earthwork constructed from gabions (gabion n. 1a); (in later use) a civil engineering project, esp. a barrier to protect against erosion, built from gabions (gabion n. 1b). Now rare.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines > collectively
gabionade1595
fascinade1711
fascinage1713
1595 E. Hoby tr. L.-V. de La Popelinière Hist. France iv. 250 In such sort [hee] continued in preparing the ground and dressing vp of Gabionades [Fr. gabionnades].
1674 C. Cotton tr. B. de Montluc Commentaries iv. 168 Monsieur d' Aumale..caus'd a Gabionnade [Fr. gabionnade] also to be made in the Meadow..wherein to lodge the powder.
1757 Mil. Hist. Great Brit. for 1756, 1757 108 The Besiegers have evidently been working on the Gabionade, between the Fives Court and Stanhope's Tower.
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 231 Gabionnade, a term employed to denote a work thrown up in haste.
1893 Times 29 May 11/1 Engineers put together Jones's gabions, and with them and sandbags constructed a gabionade.
1919 Let. 27 Mar. in Wisconsin Mag. Hist. (1981) 65 109/1 From Four de Paris..we crossed the gabionnade that served as our front line for at least two years.
1971 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 2 Aug. 8/3 The gabionade was successful. The erosion was arrested, and the beaches began to build up again.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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