revetment
/ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
noun
An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end."
- "A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...]."
Etymology
From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + vestire (“to clothe”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: revêtement, revestiment