revetment means A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, revetment ranks #12,999 of 42,749 for Qualifying.
revetment is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt/.
Etymology
From French revêtement, from Old French revestiment, from revestir (French revêtir), from Late Latin revestire (“to clothe again”), from Latin re- + vestire (“to clothe”).
noun
- A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment.
- An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
- An armoured building that provides protection against bombs.
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