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revetment definition

re·vet·ment (-mənt)

noun

  1. a facing of stone, cement, sandbags, etc., as to protect a wall or a bank of earth
  2. retaining wall
  3. an embankment or wall as of sandbags or earth, constructed to protect against strafing, shell fragments, etc.

Etymology: see revet & -ment

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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