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/ɹɪˈvɛt.mənt/ · noun
A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment..
Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end.
A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].
Use revetment when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Revetment means A layer of stone, concrete, or other hard material supporting the side of an embankment..
Common synonyms include revetement, stone facing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end.
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