revetment

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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

We reached a stone revetment along the river where four workmen were building a concrete bridge.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

Trout fishing has been excellent drifting the south revetment wall on shrimp.

From Washington Times • Mar. 18, 2020

A long breakwater, known as a revetment, was constructed along the base of the slide to dispel the force of the waves and minimize erosion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2018

The climate, however, has a compensating action, in so far as the rapid growth of vegetation soon clothes and protects the scarped slopes, thus acting as a "revetment."

From The Panama Canal and its Makers by Cornish, Vaughan