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▪ I. revet
obs. form of rivet.
▪ II. revet, v.1|rɪˈvɛt|
[ad. F. revêtir: see revête v.]
trans. To face (an embankment or wall) with masonry or other material, esp. in fortification.
1812Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) IX. 197 Works in earth are equally good, if not better..than those revetted in masonry. 1859F. A. Griffiths Artil. Man. (1862) 250, 2 sappers, with 6 assistants, to revet the work. 1880V. L. Cameron Our Future Highway II. xii. 250 The face of the river bank was revetted with faggots of brushwood. 1884Milit. Engin. I. ii. 26 In flying trench-work gabions are used to revet the interior slope of the parapet.
▪ III. revet, v.2|riːˈvɛt|
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To ‘vet’ again; to recheck, to re-examine. Hence reˈvetting vbl. n.2
1963Times 26 Apr. 18/4 He asked whether Vassall had been vetted as necessary for his special post, and was told that he would be revetted before he went. This ‘revetting’ consisted simply of a check of his name against security service records to ascertain whether they contained any information about him indicating that he held subversive beliefs. 1973Times Lit. Suppl. 26 Jan. 96/4 Pictorial evidence..and..sculptural evidence..revetted by a wide choice of floor mosaics. 1979P. Harcourt Sleep of Spies i. ii. 34 Everyone's being re-vetted, of course... They're doing some re-vetting there too. |