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Definition of Gabions
1. gabion [n] - See also: gabion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabions
Literary usage of Gabions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Military Dictionary: Or, Explaination of the Several Systems of Discipline by William Duane (1810)
"A 3 toot gabion ought to be made in half an hour Stuff.gabions ... trenchment is
suddenly thrown up and formed ot gabions, tor the purpose of covering the ..."
2. Manual for Engineer Troops by James Chatham Duane (1864)
"The number of gabions to be overturned will depend on the angle made by the ...
These gabions are not all overturned at the same time, but in proportion as ..."
3. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1841)
"If the distance from the depot of siege-materials to the place of the intended
trench is not too great, every man carries two gabions, one on each side of ..."
4. Life of Jonathan Trumbull, Sen., Governor of Connecticut by Isaac William Stuart (1859)
"He furnishes provisions, tents, camp equipage, and gabions and fascines, to
Washington. He supplies Ethan Allen with powder. His task rendered doubly ..."
5. The Elements of Field Fortifications: For the Use of the Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1898)
"gabions are basket-work cylin- $ lers, open at both ends (Fig. 25). The bas- Fig.
25. Ket-work is made of brushwood, although iron has been used. ..."
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