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revête, v.|rɪˈveɪt|
Also revete.
[ad. F. revêtir:—OF. revestir: see revest v.1]
= revet v.1
1828J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner (ed. 2) 404 To find the Number of Turfs required to Rêvete [sic] a Work. 1832Southey Hist. Penins. War III. 396 When they came to the escarpe, which was not revêted, the men scrambled up. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 347/2 The exterior of the parapet and the escarp of the ditch are covered or reveted with sods. 1865J. Fergusson Hist. Archit. I. 157 The great mass of the palace..was raised by artificial means to a height of 30 ft...and carefully revêted with stone. |