revetment
Erosion-resistant barrier
A revetment is a facing of stone, concrete, or other material built to protect an embankment, wall, or shoreline from erosion: The revetment held back the river during the flood.
In military contexts, a revetment is a barricade or fortification providing protection from blast or gunfire, often shielding vehicles or aircraft.
Fortified defensive wall
- parapetLow wall at edge
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
- bastionFortified defensive position
battlement · entrenchment · redoubt · breastwork · gabion · fascine · earthwork · sandbag
Structure preventing soil collapse
- geotextilePermeable construction fabric
- gabionWire cage filled with rocks
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
shoring · buttress · reinforcement · embankment · grade · subgrade · drainage · backfill
Loose stone for stabilization
- armoringAdding protective covering
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
- scourClean by hard rubbing
seawall · jetty · groin · bulkhead · coastal protection · rockfill · wave action · sediment
rampart
Fortified defensive wall
- parapetLow wall at edge
- embankmentRaised earth structure
- bulwarkDefensive fortification or safeguard
bastion · battlement · entrenchment · redoubt · breastwork · gabion · fascine · earthwork · sandbag · defensive
retaining wall
Structure preventing soil collapse
- geotextilePermeable construction fabric
- gabionWire cage filled with rocks
- terracingCutting slopes into steps
anchor · shoring · buttress · reinforcement · embankment · grade · subgrade · drainage · backfill · foundation
riprap
Loose stone for stabilization
- armoringAdding protective covering
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- breakwaterCoastal wave-blocking structure
scour · seawall · jetty · groin · bulkhead · coastal protection · rockfill · wave action · sediment · stabilization
- fortificationsfort, fortress, fortresses, citadel, citadels
- waterfront structureslighthouse, wharf, pier, boat house, jetty
- coastal defensesseawall, seawalls, sea wall, sea walls, breakwater
- earthworksberm, dike, dyke, embankment, levee
- flood controllevee, levees, flood channels, dike, dikes
- harbor featureswharf, quay, jetty, pier, dock
revetmentbreach
Breaking of agreement
gap · opening · weak point · cut · excavation
revetmenterosion
Gradual wearing away
scour · washout · undermining · undercutting · bank failure
revetmentbreach
Breaking of agreement
sap · mine · exposure · vulnerability · open ground