单词 | demi-revetment |
释义 | ˌdemi-reˈvetment Fortif. [a. F. demi-revêtement: see demi- 5.] A revetment or retaining wall for the face of a rampart, which is carried not to the top, but only as high as the cover in front of it, leaving the rest as an earthen rampart at the natural slope. So demi-reˈvetted ppl. a. (see quot.).
1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 106 At Mespila and Larissa, the walls were demi-revetted, or faced with stone only half way up; namely about 50 feet from the bottom of the ditch. 1874Knight Dict. Mech., Demi-revetment. |

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