Gabion – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
gabion
n.
earth-filled container used for military defense; stone-filled cylinder used as a foundation for dams and dikes
Gabion
A
gabion (from
Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian
gabbia and
Latin cavea meaning "cage") is a
cage,
cylinder, or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and
landscaping.
gabion
nm.
gabion, earth-filled container used for military defense
Gabion
(n.)
An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.
(n.)
A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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