gabion
Kelime Anlamı :
1. ağırlık sepeti.
2. KUM SEPETİ: Uçları açık kalacak şekilde örtülen, içine toprak doldurularak sahra tahkimatına istinat duvarı yapmakta kullanılan, silindir şeklinde kap. Modern harplerde, kum sepetleri yerine kum torbaları kullanılır.
3. (isim) ağırlık sepeti.
Tanımlar :
1.
A cylindrical wicker basket filled with earth and stones, formerly used in building fortifications.
2. A hollow metal cylinder used especially in constructing dams and foundations.
2. A hollow metal cylinder used especially in constructing dams and foundations.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
2. A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
3. A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
4. A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.
2. A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
3. A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
4. A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.
2. an openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.
2. an openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
in fortification, a large basket of wickerwork constructed with stakes and osiers, or green twigs, in a cylindrical form, but without a bottom, varying in diameter from 20 to 70 inches, and in height from 33 inches to 5 or 6 feet, filled with earth, and serving to shelter men from an enemy's fire.
2. see the quotation.
2. see the quotation.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia