单词 | gabionage |
释义 | gabionagen. A structure, esp. a barricade or barrier, built from gabions (gabion n. 1a, 1b) (now rare). Formerly also: †gabions collectively (obsolete rare). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > other barriers treble1569 firewall1578 herisson1704 boat work1782 tambour1834 gabionage1849 knife-rest1858 skerm1861 stockade tambour1892 1849 Standard 26 June The gabionnage (movable barricade) established at the gorge of the two bastions, is much advanced, and the positions will be secured before daylight. 1876 Executive Documents U.S. Senate (44th Congr., 1st Session: Senate Executive Doc. No. 60) 36 A deflecting jetty is also thought necessary at the mouth of Beach Creek... It may be built either with a riprap foundation, and a gabionage on top, or entirely of riprap. 1886 Webster's Dict. Eng. Lang. 553/2 Gabionage, gabions when used for fortification. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 251 Gabionage, all that part or parts of a fortification built of gabions. 1961 Bull. Permanent Internat. Assoc. Navigation Congr. 35 133 The first berth..consisted of two 15 m circular gabions spaced 120 metres apart and a central gabionage (3 units) 32 metres wide. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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