gabion

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia (“cage”), itself from Latin cavea (whence also English cage, jail and cajole — the two latter via Latin caveola), from Latin cavus (whence also English cave). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeɪ.bi.ən/ Rhymes: -eɪbiən === Noun === gabion (plural gabions) (historical, military) 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). A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride. (civil engineering) 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. A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable. Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott. 1774, James Cant, introduction, The Muses Threnodie p. vi, quoted in 2004, Walter Scott Reliquiae Trotcosiensis, Edinburgh University Press, p.6, ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === sap — several mentions of gabions in the context of fortifications === Further reading === gabion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Gabino, bagnio == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.bjɔ̃/ === Noun === gabion m (plural gabions) gabion === Further reading === “gabion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gabion. === Noun === gabion n (plural gabioane) gabion ==== Declension ====