Revetment - The facing (e.g. of marble) applied to a wall built of some other material. See, also, retaining wall.
Revetment - Retaining wall to prevent erosion; to face a surface with stone slabs.
Rib - Raised moulding dividing a vault.
Ringwork - Circular earthwork of bank and ditch.
revetment: (1) wall supporting a mass of earth or water; (2) facing, especially of marble, to a wall built of another material.
REVETMENT Retaining wall.
RIBBED VAULTING Stone or brick vaulting typically used for roofing and comprising a thin, light layer supported by a framework of arched ribs.
Revetment
A wall or other construction built to support and define a slope, such as the edge of a moat.
Revetment: (1) A strong retaining wall constructed on the outside of a fortification's earthwork rampart and parapet, so as to prevent it falling into the ditch.
Retaining wall / revetment
- a wall which retains a mass of earth, rock etc. The ground level will therefore be higher at one side than the other. Also referred to as a revetment.
revet - construct a revetment
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
dry-wall - construct with drywall; "dry-wall the basement of the house" ...
Outward slope of a revetment.
Battery - grouping of artillery.
Battered Plinth - lovely jargon.
R. Meyer-Riefstahl, 'Early Turkish tile revetments in Turkey', Ars Islamica 4: 1937.
R. Osman, Edirne sarayi, Ankara 1956. A. S. Ünver, Edirne Muradiye cami'i, Istanbul 1953.
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This surface could be smoothed and faced with an attractive stucco or thin panels of marble or other coloured stones called revetment. Concrete construction proved to be more flexible and less costly than building solid stone buildings.
When the concrete was completely dry, the wooden molds were removed, leaving behind a solid mass of great strength, though rough in appearance, which was often covered afterward with stucco or even sheathed with marble revetment.
 See also: Architecture, Vault, Capital, House, Brick
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