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Findlayson, C. E., sat in his trolley on a construction line that ran along one of the main revetments—the huge stone-faced banks that flared away north and south for three miles on either side of the river and permitted himself to think of the end.
1964 December, Mark Bourne, “The rejuvenation of the Cambrian line”, in Modern Railways, page 390:
A 200-ton rockfall recently blocked the Machynlleth sidings, trapping several locomotives; a rock-slip on the approach embankment to Talerddig required expensive revetting last year; and on the coastal section to Barmouth an 80 foot-high stone revetment was completed some time ago at Friog; [...].
An ornamental facing, as on a common masonry wall, of marble, face brick, tiles, etc.
An armoured building that provides protection against bombs.
Translations
layer of hard material supporting the side of an embankment
