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REVET
revet
(verb) face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain; “face an embankment”
revet
(verb) construct a revetment
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
revet (third-person singular simple present revets, present participle revetting or reveting, simple past and past participle revetted or reveted)
(transitive) To face (an embankment, etc.) with masonry, wood, or other material.
Anagrams
• evert, terve
Source: Wiktionary
Re*vet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Revetted;p. pr. & vb. n. Revetting.] Etym: [See Revetment.] (Mil. & Civil Engineering)
Definition: To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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