revetment
- n a barrier against explosives
- n a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment
- The Hanoi storage farm, across the Red River from the city, contained 32 revetment-protected tanks, 13 supporting buildings, and railroad spurs that comprised the country's main .
- First, though, Dhuvaafaru will be given a revetment-reinforced beach bordered by trees and shrubs, and key areas near the center will be raised with landfill.
- There is the endlessly cautious, catlike approach that a few marines make, across the open sand, to a blasted revetment which may still hold Japanese life, American death.