单词 | revetting |
释义 | revettingn.1 1. The material, covering, or facing that forms a revetment; (occasionally as a count noun) an example of this.Earliest in revetting material at Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > stone for other specific building use stepping1608 oven-stone1836 revetting1839 walling stone1840 landing1847 1839 Papers on Duties Corps Royal Engineers III. 93 The better plan appears to be not to carry the revetting material quite so far in to the embrasure. a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 755/1 The revetting should be put on so as to extend [etc.]. 1927 E. F. Buckley tr. F. Funck-Brentano Earliest Times iii. 109 The Romans constructed their siege towers with their leather revettings; the besieged set fire to them. 1949 Times 17 Nov. 2/1 The timber revetting of the eastern bank of the stream..is attributed to the first century. 1993 S. Faulks Birdsong (BNC) 175 The trench was a good one, ‘Best parados I've seen,’ said Petrossian. ‘And at last a front with full wooden revetting.’ 2. The action or process of facing an embankment, wall, etc., with masonry or other material for fortification, support, or protection. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > retaining wall > construction of revestment1745 revetment1846 revetting1851 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > retaining wall > construction of > materials for revetting1851 1851 T. Hodge Catech. Fortification 24 This will complete the revetting of the interior slope. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 27 The revetting of this step is done after the parallel is completed. 1939 Times 4 Aug. 8/6 After the construction and revetting of a front line..the men will be able to train in demolition work. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 19 July (Sports section) 34 The seven [golf] bunkers..have been built up by a process called revetting, placing layer of turf upon layer of turf. Compounds General attributive with sense ‘that is or forms revetting, used for revetting’, as revetting masonry, revetting material, revetting maul, etc. ΚΠ 1839Revetting material [see sense 1]. 1884 Instr. Mil. Engin. (ed. 3) I. ii. 19 Revetting materials should not be made up in the park. 1916 New Church Times 29 May in Wipers Times: Compl. Series (2006) 95/1 [He] hit Willie on the head with a revetting maul. 1973 D. Jones Let. 11 Dec. in R. Hague Dai Greatcoat 251 A very solid affair of carpentered revetting frames. 2008 Hort. Week (Nexis) 3 Apr. 43 (advt.) Specially grown for use on bunker faces, Tillers' revetting turf is very dense and solid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). revettingn.2 The action or process of vetting again; rechecking, re-examining. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > re-examination > [noun] revisitation1549 revisal1612 reinspection1697 reinvestigation1772 rechecking1854 revetting1940 1940 Hansard Commons 356 1221 Was that in regard to his own Department or also the War Office?.. The answer is that the re-vetting was in my own Department. 1963 Times 26 Apr. 18/4 This ‘revetting’ consisted simply of a check of his name against security service records to ascertain whether they contained any information about him indicating that he held subversive beliefs. 2008 El Paso (Texas) Times (Nexis) 10 Dec. I held a high-level security clearance for over 30 years with the government with regular revetting as required by law. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11839n.21940 |
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