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revet Definition

re·vet (ri vet)

transitive verb -·vet·ted, -·vet·ting

to provide or protect with a revetment

Etymology: Fr revêtir < OFr revestir: see revest

revet Usage Examples

Object

  • bank: The wall was left in situ when the graveyard extended to the northwest and shows as a revetted bank.
  • bunker: Eddie Adams, Head Greenkeeper of the Old Course, St Andrews, delivered a fine presentation on revetting bunkers.
  • magazine: The ammunition park comprised of a series of revetted magazines for the storage of high explosive and incendiary bombs.
  • wall: On the west a relict revetted wall survives to a height of nearly 1.5m.

Subject

wall: Silbury Hill, of course, is composed of a series of stacked drums, revetted by walls of chalk blocks.

Preposition: by

wall: Silbury Hill, of course, is composed of a series of stacked drums, revetted by walls of chalk blocks.

Preposition: in

stone: Irregular lanes running in steep-sided hollow-ways on the steeper slopes, occasionally revetted in stone, often bounded by holly hedges.

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