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Revet

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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revet

vb. To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

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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]

Usage examples of "revet".

That's revetted with granite, by the way, like the rest of the damned place.

That was either a canal or a stream that had been straightened, revetted, and maintained for years, maybe eons.

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.