Revetement

Moslem lieu commun; usually man is likened to one suspended in a bottomless well by a thin rope at which a rodent is continually gnawing and who amuses himself in licking a few drops of honey left by bees on the revetement. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The water-slopes of river-dikes are protected by plantations of willows or strong semi-aquatic shrubs or grasses, but as these will not grow upon banks exposed to salt-water, sea-dikes must be faced with stone, fascines, or some other revetement [14]. ❋ Unknown (1874)

Received within the portals, the visitor found himself in front of a long wall of solid stone masonry, the revetement of the lower terrace, which rose from the outer court to a height of at least twenty feet. ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

At Khorsabad the stone revetement of one portion at least of the wall was complete; at Nimrud (Calah) and at ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

In every case there was at least a revetement of kiln-dried brick, while the grander buildings were wholly constructed of it. ❋ George Rawlinson (1857)

The dunes of Holland are sometimes protected from the dashing of the waves by a revetement of stone, or by piles; and the lateral high-water currents, which wash away their base, are occasionally checked by transverse walls running from the foot of the dunes to low-water mark; but the great expense of such constructions has prevented their adoption on a large scale. ❋ George P. Marsh (1841)

The water-slopes of river-dikes are protected by plantations of willows or strong semi-aquatic shrubs or grasses, but as these will not grow upon banks exposed to salt-water, sea-dikes must be faced with stone, fascines, or some other revetement. ❋ George P. Marsh (1841)

a few drops of honey left by bees on the revetement. ❋ Anonymous (1855)

The dunes of Holland are sometimes protected from the dashing of the waves by a revetement of stone, or by piles; and the lateral high-water currents, which wash away their base, are occasionally checked by transverse walls running from the foot of the dunes to low-water mark; but the great expense of such constructions has prevented their adoption on a large scale. [ ❋ Unknown (1874)