revetment
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revetment
- /ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt/
Where it comes from
From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + vestire (“to clothe”).
noun revetments
- 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.
- An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
- An armoured building that provides protection against bombs.
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noun layer of hard material supporting the side of an embankment
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Talk about this word "revetment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/revetment. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. revetment. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/revetment "revetment." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/revetment.Cite this
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title = {revetment},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/revetment},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
