revetment

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.

   “Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end.”

2. isim An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
3. isim An armoured building that provides protection against bombs.