Gabione

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gabbione.

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Noun

Gabione f (genitive Gabione, plural Gabionen)

  1. gabion
    • 2018, Georg Cadeggianini, “Die Mauer muss hin”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, number 09/2018:
      Haben wir uns an die Schotterkästen gewöhnt wie an eine schlechte Angewohnheit, die wir irgendwann liebgewonnen nennen? Sind Gabionen das Nasepopeln der Architektur? In Deutschland wurden im vergangenen Jahr (umgerechnet auf einen Meter Höhe) rund 1300 Kilometer Gabionen verbaut: eine Mauer von Kiel bis zum Gardasee.
      Did we get used to gravel cages like to a bad habit, we eventually call fond? Are gabions architecture's nose picking? In Germany last year about 1300 kilometers (converted to a meter's height) of gabions were built

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