revetment
noun/rɪˈvetmənt/
/rɪˈvetmənt/
(specialist)- stones or other material used to make a wall stronger, hold back a bank of earth, etc.Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French revêtement, from the verb revêtir, from late Latin revestire, from re- ‘again’ + vestire ‘clothe’ (from vestis ‘clothing’).
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