demi-revetmentn.

Etymology: < French demi-revêtement: see demi- prefix 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌdemi-reˈvetment.

Fortification.

A revetment or retaining wall for the face of a rampart, which is carried not to the top, but only as high as the cover in front of it, leaving the rest as an earthen rampart at the natural slope.

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1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 106 At Mespila and Larissa, the walls were demi-revetted, or faced with stone only half way up; namely about 50 feet from the bottom of the ditch.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Demi-revetment.

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demi-reˈvetted adj. (see quot.).

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	demi-revetment
释义	demi-revetmentn. Etymology: < French demi-revêtement: see demi- prefix 5.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌdemi-reˈvetment. Fortification. A revetment or retaining wall for the face of a rampart, which is carried not to the top, but only as high as the cover in front of it, leaving the rest as an earthen rampart at the natural slope. ΚΠ 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 106 At Mespila and Larissa, the walls were demi-revetted, or faced with stone only half way up; namely about 50 feet from the bottom of the ditch. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Demi-revetment. Derivatives Thesaurus » Categories » demi-reˈvetted adj. (see quot.). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1857
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