Gabions

"Gabions" to the child that was to immortalize his name, they were either wandering hand in hand over the field where the grass still grew rank upon the grave of _Balmawhapple_, or sauntering on the beach where the _Mucklebackets_ of Prestonpans dried their nets, singing, --

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) 1824

Gabions have many possible functions, including their use in toe walls, revetments and retaining walls.

2.1 Retaining walls 1999

Gabions are baskets made of heavy duty galvanized wire mesh that are filled with rocks and wired shut.

1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation 1994

Gabions are flexible, permeable, and generally very inexpensive to make.

1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation 1994

Gabions can be made to any convenient size ranging from 2-4 m long by 1 m wide by 0. 5-1 m deep.

1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation 1994

Gabions are boxes made out of metal mesh filled with carefully aligned stones

1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance 1982

Gabions can be installed using unskilled labour and they meet perfectly the objectives of labour-intensive projects.

1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance 1982

Reliquiae Trottosienses, or Catalogue of the Gabions of the late

Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature Margaret Ball

Gabions, fasces, abattis, and other appliances for assault or defence were quickly made, and all this practical schooling in the work of war went on, under the watchful cooperation of the very officers who afterward became conspicuous in the field, from Long Island to Yorktown.

The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 1, January, 1884 Various

Gabions may be set into the wall of the trench and filled with earth, or used at corners to prevent the wearing down of the edge, which reduces the protective effect of the trench.

Military Instructors Manual Oliver Schoonmaker