gabion

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In situ walls (soldier pile, secant pile, tangent pile, etc.) and gravity walls (i.e., concrete cantilever, reinforced soil, gabion, crib, etc.)

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  1. noun A cylindrical wicker basket filled with earth and stones, formerly used in building fortifications.
  2. noun A hollow metal cylinder used especially in constructing dams and foundations.

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  • In situ walls (soldier pile, secant pile, tangent pile, etc.) and gravity walls (i.e., concrete cantilever, reinforced soil, gabion, crib, etc.) —  Malaysia independent news
  • The outfall also will be made at least 1 or 2 feet deeper and gabion baskets - wire baskets filled with stone - will be used to filter debris. —  Waynesboro Record Herald Homepage RSS
  • He said improved gabion baskets last at least 20 years if maintained properly. —  Waynesboro Record Herald Homepage RSS
  • My friend once got stuck in a gabion weir and had to risk capsizing to get out of that situation. —  Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe
  • In just the last two years alone, TxDOT saved approximately 1.8 million tons of virgin aggregates by incorporating recycled concrete aggregate in cement-treated base, flexible base, continuously reinforced concrete pavement, filter dams, gabion walls, concrete traffic barriers, flowable fill and select backfill for mechanically stabilized earth walls.
 

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  1. French, from Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia, cage, from Latin cavea.

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  1. from Old French gabion, French gabion, from Italian gabbione, a gabion, a large cage, augmentative of gabbia, a cage, coop, basket, = English cage: see cage.
 

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/ˈgeɪbiən/
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