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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