revetment
noun
re·vet·ment
ri-ˈvet-mənt 
1
: a facing (as of stone or concrete) to sustain an embankment
2
: embankment
especially
: a barricade to provide shelter (as against bomb fragments or strafing)
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The Orange County Transportation Authority, which oversees the rail corridor there, recently completed emergency repairs to a rock revetment that protects the tracks from coastal erosion.
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
The image - more grainy than conventional high-resolution photographs and in black and white - appears to show the debris of several aircraft located along the runway of the Belaya military air base or parked in protective revetments nearby.
—Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 5 June 2025
In addition to replenishing the beach sand and reinforcing the revetment, OCTA plans to build a permanent catchment wall and restore the section of a popular coastal pedestrian trail destroyed by the landslide.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Rock revetments, seawalls and other hard structures built on the beach limit public access and can contribute to coastal erosion.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
The image - more grainy than conventional high-resolution photographs and in black and white - appears to show the debris of several aircraft located along the runway of the Belaya military air base or parked in protective revetments nearby.
—Tom Balmforth, USA Today, 5 June 2025
In addition to replenishing the beach sand and reinforcing the revetment, OCTA plans to build a permanent catchment wall and restore the section of a popular coastal pedestrian trail destroyed by the landslide.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Rock revetments, seawalls and other hard structures built on the beach limit public access and can contribute to coastal erosion.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
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“Revetment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revetment. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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