revetment
noun
re·vet·ment
ri-ˈvet-mənt 
1
: a facing (as of stone or concrete) to sustain an embankment
2
: embankment
especially
: a barricade to provide shelter (as against bomb fragments or strafing)
Examples of revetment in a Sentence
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The California Coastal Commission often approves the emergency use of boulders to shore up an area battered by waves, sometimes after the revetments have already been set down, and they are rarely removed, despite them being approved just temporarily, Sekich-Quinn said.
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Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Applications to repair two beachfront rock revetments in Oceanside have been approved by the California Coastal Commission, but with conditions.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
Most of the rock revetments along South Pacific Street were built by property owners in the 1970s and ‘80s, when control of coastal construction was more lax.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
The crew will then connect the shoreside cable to the seaside cable with new fiber before setting the cable back down, burying it at the lowest possible depth and potentially placing concrete revetments over the top of the new trenches.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
The California Coastal Commission has long supported replenishment efforts, but generally opposed the construction of hardened structures such as rock revetments and groins to keep the sand in place.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
The commission originally authorized the construction of the rock wall, also known as a revetment, in 1978 at the rear of 19 homes north and south of the western end of Marron Street.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
Like all of South Oceanside’s beaches, the shoreline is badly eroded and the revetment protects private property from high tides, big surf and storm surges.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
Experiments involving combined mangrove-rock revetments are underway at Kranji Coastal Nature Park, near the wetland reserve, and Pulau Hantu, an island off the southern coast.
—TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Applications to repair two beachfront rock revetments in Oceanside have been approved by the California Coastal Commission, but with conditions.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
Most of the rock revetments along South Pacific Street were built by property owners in the 1970s and ‘80s, when control of coastal construction was more lax.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
The crew will then connect the shoreside cable to the seaside cable with new fiber before setting the cable back down, burying it at the lowest possible depth and potentially placing concrete revetments over the top of the new trenches.
—Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
The California Coastal Commission has long supported replenishment efforts, but generally opposed the construction of hardened structures such as rock revetments and groins to keep the sand in place.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
The commission originally authorized the construction of the rock wall, also known as a revetment, in 1978 at the rear of 19 homes north and south of the western end of Marron Street.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
Like all of South Oceanside’s beaches, the shoreline is badly eroded and the revetment protects private property from high tides, big surf and storm surges.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2023
Experiments involving combined mangrove-rock revetments are underway at Kranji Coastal Nature Park, near the wetland reserve, and Pulau Hantu, an island off the southern coast.
—TIME, 10 Oct. 2023
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“Revetment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revetment. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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