gabion

gabion englanniksi

1. 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).

2. {{quote-text|en|year=1563|author=Ambroise Paré|title=The Journey to Havre de Grace.

3. A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with chloride.

4. A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of engineering contexts, especially in the construction of walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.

5. 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.

6. 1774, James Cant, introduction, ''The Muses Threnodie'' p. vi, quoted in 2004, Scott|Walter Scott ''Reliquiae Trotcosiensis'', Edinburgh University Press, p.6,

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