| gabion | 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. <physics> An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc, as in harbor improvement. Origin: F, from It. Gabbione a large cage, gabion, from gabbia cage, L. Cavea. See Cage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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