Lexic.us

Definition of Revet

1. Verb. Construct a revetment.

2. Verb. Face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain. "Face an embankment"

Definition of Revet

1. v. t. To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material.

Definition of Revet

1. Verb. To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Revet

1. to face with masonry [v -VETTED, -VETTING, -VETS]

Medical Definition of Revet

1. To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material. Origin: See Revetment. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Revet

revertible reverting revertive reverts revery reves revest revested revestiaries revestiary

revesting revestries revestry revests revesture revet (current term) revetement revetment revetments revets

revetted revetting reveur reveurs reveuse reveuses revhead revheads revibrate revibrated

Literary usage of Revet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"... ATHENS ; RESTORATION BY STUART AND revet. (SEE CUT, COL. 551.) sense, too, the screen work, or wall, which divides the nave or crossing of the church ..."

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