| 单词 | revetment |
| 例句 | How many revetments and scarps have I raised? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It covered the face of a little girl whose body lay on a wooden funerary couch with lead and bronze revetments in the east Mediterranean style. Review: 'Routes of Arabia'' Exhibition at Louvre Is Startling 2010-07-23T11:56:00Z In their 13th- and 14th-century palaces, the rulers gazed at friezes of glazed ceramic revetment tiles carrying excerpts from the Shah-Nameh. Art Review: Iran's Mirror of the World 2011-02-25T12:00:05Z They also installed 1,600 feet of new revetment to stabilize the banks of the new channels and prevent the river from wandering too close to the highway. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Other measures include timber revetments or seawalls to slow erosion. Hemsby: How many other communities are at risk of erosion? 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z The first, found medieval timber structures thought to represent waterfront revetments, with a wall that runs alongside the medieval location of the riverside. Palace of Westminster: Possible remains of medieval Thames river wall found 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z As part of efforts to defend the castle 5,000 tonnes of granite boulders have been put in place to form a barrier, or "revetment". Climate change risk to coastal castles - English Heritage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z We reached a stone revetment along the river where four workmen were building a concrete bridge. Building the First Long-Distance Hiking Trail in Kurdistan 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Crews removed about 3,000 feet of levee and revetment — a barrier that slows erosion — built in the 1960s and 1970s. How the Cedar River got its meander back 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Ukrainian armoured vehicles and other equipment are positioned in revetments, or earth banks, for protection, he says. How will Russia attack Ukraine's new front lines? 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z There are two runways and over 100 parking spots for fighter jets known as revetments because of the blast walls that protect each aircraft. US left Afghan airfield at night, didn’t tell new commander 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z There are 110 revetments, which are basically parking spots for aircraft, protected by blast walls. It’s imminent: After nearly 20 years US to leave Bagram 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z Trout fishing has been excellent drifting the south revetment wall on shrimp. Texas Fishing Report 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Cottrell approached government agencies about the idea of using dynamic revetment at North Cove. Washaway Beach: How a community stood together and refused to be swept out to sea 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Conditions are less perilous along downtown Chicago’s hardened waterfront, Moore said, where much of the shore is already encased in concrete and lined with pilings and revetments. Chicago Takes a Beating as Lake Levels Surge 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Thousands of miles of levees, flood walls, and revetments have been erected to manage the Mississippi. Louisiana’s Disappearing Coast 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Historically, almost all money spent on coastal defense has gone toward “gray” infrastructure: seawalls, bulkheads, levees and rock revetments. Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z Among the alternatives the county presented to West Maui residents were a cement-rubble-masonry seawall, a rock revetment, managed retreat from the coast or do nothing. Maui considers how to repair coastal road hit by storm 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z Dynamic revetment was declared the clear winner and the least costly option. Washaway Beach: How a community stood together and refused to be swept out to sea 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A long breakwater, known as a revetment, was constructed along the base of the slide to dispel the force of the waves and minimize erosion. 'Monumental' undertaking: Workers finally tame an epic landslide that reshaped the coast and blocked Highway 1 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z In the work known as revetment, little has changed since. How the mighty Mississippi became a flooding nightmare for millions 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z Four weeks later — after more evaluation and studies — the engineers and geologists at Mud Creek decided to extend the northern and southern revetments across the toe. On unstable ground: Engineers and road workers fight Mother Nature while trying to fix Highway 1 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z A stone revetment wall provides a barrier to the shore. A Shingle-Style Beach ‘Cottage’ in the Hamptons 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z Spoor is working on another large grant from the State Department of Transportation for the implementation of local revetment. Washaway Beach: How a community stood together and refused to be swept out to sea 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Over time, the property owners have tried to install revetments along the bank to protect it from excessive erosion. Alaska landowner work to restore Dow Island’s bank 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Allan said he and Paul Komer, a professor of geology and geophysics at Oregon State University, proposed a dynamic revetment, a conceptual design known since the 1970s. Natural gravel beaches protect dunes at Clatsop Spit 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The failed barrier, or revetment, is not currently accessible for repairs, however. Damaged rocky barrier off coast in La Push to get emergency repairs as storm threatens 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Commissioners also said there are still other options for homeowners to try and stabilize the bank, such as root wad and spruce revetments. Kenai Peninsula community looks to solve erosion problem 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Cottrell and Allen were unsure they would be able to secure funding for the dynamic revetment project. Washaway Beach: How a community stood together and refused to be swept out to sea 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Kiawah Partners development company plans to build 50 homes in the sand dunes there, with an access road running along a revetment and walled off bank of the river where the turtles nest. Diamondback terrapin might be key to marsh health 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z The berm, known as a dynamic revetment, emulates natural, gravelly beaches. Natural gravel beaches protect dunes at Clatsop Spit 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z The project represents a small but growing countercurrent to a century-long buildup of shoreline defenses that relied on concrete and wooden bulkheads or piles of rock called revetments. Reshaping the Chesapeake Bay, one living shoreline at a time 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z "A half dozen American-made helicopters were visible in a maze of revetments near the air-passenger lounge. "In front of an intact hanger stood a large yellow mobile crane. From the Archives: The End in Vietnam 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Now, he is a revetment operations assistant on the unit. Brothers retire after long careers with Corps 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z The Shannon report recommended a number of corrective measures, including revetments and drainage ditches, but said the “fundamental” step was to relocate the river, away from the hill. Oso neighborhood never should have been built 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Huge slabs of concrete form a man-made breakwall, also known as a revetment or seawall, along East Harbor State Park’s southeastern peninsula. Ohio man leads effort to revive Lake Erie beach 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Officials along the East Coast are considering adaptive measures like dunes, revetments, stricter building standards and expensive flood gates following Sandy's $50 billion price tag. Sea Walls May Be Cheaper than Rising Waters 2014-02-04T15:49:00Z So-called rock revetments could be part of it. As a Beach Erodes in the Hamptons, Community Tensions Swell 2013-06-27T20:39:16Z He was working on a plane when he saw a group of airmen congregating at an empty revetment nearby, where an A-7D close support aircraft was normally parked. 5 "Military Secrets" Behind Steve Blank's Entrepreneurial Success 2013-06-06T15:05:00Z So despite the Shannon report’s recommendations, the 1950s ended without anything being done — no drainage, no revetment, no relocation of the river. Oso neighborhood never should have been built 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z In the early morning, after riding round the south-east end of the valley, we passed by the lake Seligun or Albolaki, banked up by a revetment of rude masonry. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z These training walls are built of stone with flat revetments to protect them against ice. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z The trace was en crémaillère, the section being 6 feet thick at the top and 8 feet high, the exterior face vertical, with a revetment of bamboos fastened together with rattans. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z The climate, however, has a compensating action, in so far as the rapid growth of vegetation soon clothes and protects the scarped slopes, thus acting as a "revetment." The Panama Canal and its Makers 2011-10-10T02:00:22.307Z Around the world people eager to protect valuable hotels, condos and other infrastructure respond to the threat of rising seas by building concrete walls or rock revetments. Books on Science: Sandy Shoreline Hugs That May Not Last Forever 2011-08-15T19:34:37Z The portion of revetment enclosed by the cuts being thus detached from support was overturned by the pressure of the earth from the rampart. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Part of the revetment had fallen; there was a yard of broken path covered with fern and bracken, then a drop of some hundred feet to the torrent below. The Unveiling of Lhasa It settled to a graceful landing as before on the strip and silently moved into the revetment. The Sword In some places, either the pounding of shells or the thawing out of the ground had pushed in the revetments, appreciably narrowing the way and making progress more difficult. "And they thought we wouldn't fight" In the interior the apse retains a large portion of its revetment of variously coloured marbles, and gives some idea of the original splendour of the decoration. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The parapets are 18 ft. thick with full revetments. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The Chinamen come out of their houses and stand on the revetment to watch us pass. The Unveiling of Lhasa The materials for this revetment must have been quarried in one of those rocky hills—islands, perhaps, formerly—with which Lower Chaldæa is sparsely studded. A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 Favorable for trenches, but which require complete revetment, and ample provision for drainage, not thick enough for cave shelters; cut and cover most practical type of shelter. The Economic Aspect of Geology Gyllius visited the church in 1580, and expatiates upon the beauty of its marble revetment, but makes no reference to its mosaics and frescoes. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture Magazine casemates were destroyed by a single shell, and revetment walls were overturned and practicable breaches made by two or three shells falling behind them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z On the southern side of the parade ground the revetment wall was cut through by a road which ran towards Upper Egypt along the foot of the Libyan chain. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Brush revetment.—Pickets may be set as above described and the brush laid inside of them without weaving, being held in place by bringing the earth up with it. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Trench construction easy, but requires complete revetment, and ample provision for surface drainage. The Economic Aspect of Geology As already stated, they do not now communicate with the bema, although the position of the old passages between them and the bema is marked by niches in the marble revetment. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The escarp of the body of the place is a simple detached wall; that of the detached bastion is either a detached wall with piers and arches, or a counter-arched revetment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z At the opposite corner the revetment was again cut so that the road was prolonged to the palace of Rameses Me�amoun through the thick brick walls. The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt Timber or pole revetment.—Poles too large for use in any other way may be cut to length and stood on end to form a revetment. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Oh Lance, had there been no other way, I'd have clawed right through fence and revetments to get to you! Next Door, Next World It is with its resplendent marble revetment and brilliant mosaics a singularly perfect and beautiful piece of work, one of the finest gems of Byzantine Art. Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture The escarp is falling into disfavour, on account of the great expense of a revetment that can withstand breaching fire. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z A gale from the southwest was hurling the Spider against the revetment that held the eastern shore and the day and the night gangs together were reinforcing it. The Daughter of a Magnate Miscellaneous revetments.—Any receptacles for earth which will make a stable, compact pile, as boxes, baskets, oil or other cans, may be used for a revetment. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition She stood above him now at the edge of the high sidewalk, whence the deep cobbled revetment of the gutter sloped like a fortification. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories Each building was protected from our bombers by rubble revetments, fashioned with the usual German carefulness. Pushed and the Return Push The upper parts of revetments and the foundations of walls are protected against the action of shells, that falling steeply might act as mines to overturn them, by thick aprons of large stones. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Men have to be brought up, trenches have to be dug, the artillery has to prepare, and men, guns, and trenches have to be supplied with food, water, shells, sandbags, props, and revetments. The Old Front Line Continuous hurdle.—If conditions permit the revetment to be built in place, the hurdle is made continuous for considerable lengths. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition The stables were strongly built, well roofed, floored, and provided with harness and fodder rooms, and to a certain extent protected from bomb splinters by earth revetments. The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion The appalling disasters in Ohio and Indiana bring home more forcibly than ever the conviction that our present method of dredging, levees and bank revetment in limited districts is fundamentally inadequate. The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado But the weather eventually improved, material for revetment began to appear, and by the commencement of 1915 it was possible to move in the trenches in comparative safety. A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 The French trenches are not as good as ours by a long chalk, and bullets keep coming through the joints of the badly built sandbag revetment. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I By a revetment we mean a facing placed against the front or back wall of a trench to keep the earth in place. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition There are no supporting platforms outside, but along the north and east walls are revetments reaching halfway up the face. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 These 'hard-heads,' which try the hammer, show a revetment of cellular iron upon a solid core of greenstone and bluish trap. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative It ran via the Cabaret Rouge into the Talus des Zouaves, most of the way revetted with a wonderful "wedding arch" revetment, and thence to the front line, passing the left Poste de Commandant. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. The defences therefore consisted of sand-bag revetments held in position by wooden frames over which expanded metal had been spread. The Story of the "9th King's" in France If the soil will make adobe, or sun-dried bricks, an excellent revetment may be made of them, but it will not stand wet weather. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition I darted to and fro, tripping over tent-ropes and dashing up against revetments. Combed Out Three weeks had to be taken up in propping the stone revetment and making the wheel solid again. The Moon-Voyage Work was not too hard, and our chief labour was making wattle revetments in the forest—a good task for a hot day—and practising musketry on a home-made rifle range outside the village. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. So well anchored were the revetments that in spite of the continuous bombardments of the Somme Battle they were still in position. The Story of the "9th King's" in France The use of headers and anchors is absolutely necessary in loose soils only, but they greatly strengthen the revetment in any case. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition Our business is to construct a cannon measuring nine feet in its interior diameter, six feet thick, and with a stone revetment of nineteen and a half feet in thickness. From the Earth to the Moon; and, Round the Moon The ultimate effect of levees and revetments confining the floods and bringing all the stages of the river into register is to deepen the channel and let down the slope. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. The legs held the revetment against the sides, the floorboards rested on the cross-piece, and the space between the cross-piece and the flat top formed a good drain. The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. The lines of street and the outlines of tenements can be dimly traced, while revetments of rounded boulders show artificial watercourses and defences against the now dried-up stream. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 Hard Murray Bay sandstone has been used in constructing the interior revetment wall of the court, but Deschambault limestone forms the masonry of the basement, the bands, cornices, mantle-pieces, and lintels. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present I've never yet been allowed to explain my side of that confounded affair of the revetments. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 10, 1917 The levee is the crowning work of bank revetment, although not necessarily in immediate connection. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. The division was astride the East Point road, the centre in open fields where no timber could be got for revetment, and only fence rails to give some support to the loose earth. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 The wheels were taken off and laid on the ground in the rear of the pieces; sand-bag revetments were built up in front of the guns, and each crew divided into two reliefs. History of the Gatling Gun Detachment, Fifth Army Corps, at Santiago With a Few Unvarnished Truths Concerning that Expedition The Gypsies came in first; and amidst the profoundest silence, they dropped their oars with a triumphant crash on the marble revetment. The Prince of India — Volume 02 Along the whole front of the garden, so perfectly a poet's ideal, stretched a landing defended from the incessant swash of the bay by a stone revetment. The Prince of India — Volume 01 The works having in view this conservative object may be generally designated works of revetment; and these also will be largely of brushwood, woven in continuous carpets, or twined into wire-netting. Life on the Mississippi, Part 12. They trampled on each other—they fought, and in the rebound were pitched in heaps down the perpendicular revetment on the right and left of the fill. The Prince of India — Volume 02 |
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