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.
Browse dictionary entries near revet
- ‹ revest
- ‹ revery
- ‹ reverter
- ‹ reverted
- ‹ revert
- ‹ reversioner
- ‹ reversion
- ‹ reversible error
- ‹ reversible
- ‹ reversed

