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What is "revetting"

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Revetting

Revet \Re*vet"\ (r[-e]*v[e^]t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revetted;p. pr. & vb. n. Revetting.] [See Revetment.] (Mil. & Civil Engineering) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

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revetting

vb. (present participle of revet English)

WordNet
revet

  1. v. construct a revetment

  2. face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; "face an embankment"

  3. [also: revetting, revetted]

revetting

See revet

Usage examples of "revetting".

Farther back, under cover of the line of filled gabions, the besiegers were revetting their breastwork with fascines, six-foot bundles of wood, and farther back still they were building the whole thing solid with earth dug from a trench behind the breastwork.