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ga·bi·on | \ ˈgā-bē-ən 
, ˈga- \
, ˈga- \Definition of gabion
: a basket or cage filled with earth or rocks and used especially in building a support or abutment
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Recent Examples on the Web The park has gabion baskets — cage-like structures filled with rocks — down by the beach to prevent erosion, but those are failing.
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Emma Keith, Detroit Free Press, "Historic wedding spot at state park could plunge into Lake Michigan," 11 Sep. 2019 Some of the debris includes rocks, trees, and gabions, which are wire cages filled with rocks for engineering purposes.
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Laura Bednar, cleveland.com, "Independence works to rectify flooding complaints throughout the city," 24 Aug. 2019 The fence line to the yard is clearly custom-made — a pattern of gabion and sculpted iron.
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Amy Pennington, The Seattle Times, "A couple’s Rainier Beach garden is a place of creativity, vision and function," 19 May 2019 Architects have responded with design changes, such as minimizing wood on the exterior, eliminating crawl spaces and using los of stones and gabion walls in landscaping.
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Nancy Keates, WSJ, "A Modern Second-Home Retreat for Seattle’s Tech Elite," 19 Sep. 2018 To separate the outdoor courtyard from the parking area, the architects created a gabion wall — a fence-like steel cage filled with broken bricks and planted with vines.
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Tim Mckeough, New York Times, "TriBeCa, by Way of Venice Beach," 19 Dec. 2017 The bags are placed into steel mesh boxes called gabion baskets.
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Drew Broach, NOLA.com, "Donald Trump to visit Louisiana on Saturday," 28 Aug. 2017 Hunky architectural elements — like gabion walls, and a trellis with heavy posts and beam — draw the eye while creating shelter and privacy.
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Valerie Easton, The Seattle Times, "What’s new, what’s next in Lorene Edwards Forkner’s garden," 19 July 2017
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The first known use of gabion was in 1544
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