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Definition of revet in English: revetverbrevetted, revets, revetting rɪˈvɛtrəˈvɛt [with object]usually as adjective revettedFace (a rampart, wall, etc.) with masonry, especially in fortification. sandbagged and revetted trenches Example sentencesExamples - Small postholes containing iron nails, early medieval potsherds and a silver coin of Ethelred II dating to 1010 suggested that the terraces had been revetted by posts.
- Bligh felt bemused, standing in this trench with its perfectly revetted walls and neat dug-out bunkers.
- Atkinson's trenches across the upper ledges make it clear that they had been revetted by posts with iron nails; a coin and pottery suggested a date soon after 1010 AD, and Atkinson believed the mound had been fortified against the Danes.
- The chaste but imposing exterior is revetted with a grid of limestone slabs and punctuated by broad wooden doors.
- The revetted fosse was on the map and if that had been twigged at the environmental impact assessment it would have saved a lot of grief.
- The garden level is about seven feet above that of the track; it ends, therefore, in a revetted wall and bank, the latter alive with daffodils and crocus, round which the drive coils up towards the house.
- Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that a quayside revetted in timber existed from the Middle Saxon period.
- It is in very good condition with a round cairn 8 m. in diameter revetted by a kerb of coarse walling, and a partially infilled chamber.
- Was the first gneiss facade or the marble spoil wall revetted with stucco?
Origin Early 19th century: from French revêtir, from late Latin revestire, from re- 'again' + vestire 'clothe' (from vestis 'clothing'). Definition of revet in US English: revetverbrəˈvetrəˈvɛt [with object]usually as adjective revettedFace (a rampart, wall, etc.) with masonry, especially in fortification. sandbagged and revetted trenches Example sentencesExamples - Bligh felt bemused, standing in this trench with its perfectly revetted walls and neat dug-out bunkers.
- The revetted fosse was on the map and if that had been twigged at the environmental impact assessment it would have saved a lot of grief.
- Atkinson's trenches across the upper ledges make it clear that they had been revetted by posts with iron nails; a coin and pottery suggested a date soon after 1010 AD, and Atkinson believed the mound had been fortified against the Danes.
- The chaste but imposing exterior is revetted with a grid of limestone slabs and punctuated by broad wooden doors.
- Small postholes containing iron nails, early medieval potsherds and a silver coin of Ethelred II dating to 1010 suggested that the terraces had been revetted by posts.
- The garden level is about seven feet above that of the track; it ends, therefore, in a revetted wall and bank, the latter alive with daffodils and crocus, round which the drive coils up towards the house.
- Was the first gneiss facade or the marble spoil wall revetted with stucco?
- It is in very good condition with a round cairn 8 m. in diameter revetted by a kerb of coarse walling, and a partially infilled chamber.
- Archaeological evidence seems to indicate that a quayside revetted in timber existed from the Middle Saxon period.
Origin Early 19th century: from French revêtir, from late Latin revestire, from re- ‘again’ + vestire ‘clothe’ (from vestis ‘clothing’). |