单词 | revetted |
释义 | revettedadj. Provided with a revetment; fortified or faced with masonry or some other hard material. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [adjective] > faced with stone revested1684 revetted1751 demi-revetted1857 1751 C. Bisset Theory & Constr. Fortif. i. i. 2 The Outworks of this Method consist of a Ravelin, and two large reveted Lunettes in the covered Way. 1785 C. M'Kinnon Ess. 130 (heading) Observations on Fortifications with Reveted Ditches. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 423/1 The retrenchment may be in the form of a front of fortification with a revetted scarp and counterscarp. 1888 H. D. Hutchinson Field Fortif. (ed. 2) 47 There being an embrasure with revetted cheeks in each gun-portion. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 16 Apr. 12/1 The road has been constructed on a revetted embankment immediately above the bed of the stream. 1955 P. A. Crowl & E. G. Love Seizure Gilberts & Marshalls 74 Weapons were mounted in..emplacements of..reinforced concrete..and revetted sand. 1991 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 7 Feb. a16 Various types of supplies, some of which we can see because they are in..open and reveted areas. 2002 Hist. Scotl. Jan. 18/2 The revetted ditch sump..[is] indicative of Roman work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1751 |
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