revetting

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A form of revet — To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of revet

    A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].

    1964 December, Mark Bourne, “The rejuvenation of the Cambrian line”, in Modern Railways, page 390

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vignetter
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APA

revetting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revetting

MLA

“revetting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revetting. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revetting,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revetting.

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