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gabion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia (“cage”), itself from Latin cavea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??e?.b??n/
Noun
gabion (plural gabions)
- (historical, military) A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
- 1563, Ambroise Paré, The Journey to Havre de Grace.
- 1563, Ambroise Paré, The Journey to Havre de Grace.
- A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
- (civil engineering) A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
- A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.
- Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott.
- 1774, James Cant, introduction, The Muses Threnodie p. vi, quoted in 2004, Walter Scott Reliquiae Trotcosiensis, Edinburgh University Press, p.6,
Derived terms
- gabion wall
Related terms
- gabioned
See also
- sap — several mentions of gabions in the context of fortifications
Further reading
- gabion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Gabino, bagnio
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gabionade
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Noun
gabionade (plural gabionades)
- A construction of gabions
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