revetment
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They also installed 1,600 feet of new revetment to stabilize the banks of the new channels and prevent the river from wandering too close to the highway.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
As part of efforts to defend the castle 5,000 tonnes of granite boulders have been put in place to form a barrier, or "revetment".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2022
Trout fishing has been excellent drifting the south revetment wall on shrimp.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2020
The golf cart bounces onto the beach at the base of the northern revetment, and Duffy likes what he sees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2017
By a revetment we mean a facing placed against the front or back wall of a trench to keep the earth in place.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)
