But this herring-bone work only occurs in a revetment wall to the rock in the cellar; and the moulded stones may be quite modern insertions for repairs, and may have come from the oratory in the N.
It is crowned with a stone revetment which Colonel Morgan believes to have been erected at the time of the Civil War, to form a platform for guns.
The revetment differed mainly in the care which had been bestowed upon it, and consisted mostly of reeds, grass, &c.
The embrasure of the left gun (9-inch) was choked up by the ruins of the cheeks, whilst the revetmenton each side of the neck was swept away.
This pyramid of Dashour is further remarkable on account of its magnificent revetment of polished Mocattam limestone, which is almost entirely preserved.
The appearance of the whole gained greatly by this change, the revetment of reliefs in place of the painted figures giving a more imposing and durable character to the walls.
The stone revetment has been almost entirely carried away, and every trace of the temple cella which must have surmounted these terraces, as it did those of Chaldaea, has disappeared.
The remarkable statement that a layer of cypress or cedar beams always followed upon one of stone cannot be explained otherwise than as a reference to the interior revetment of the masonry with wood.
If there had been a revetment of glazed tiles, according to the Mesopotamian practice, some fragments of this almost indestructible material would surely have been found.
The terraces of Assyria, like those of Chaldaea, were solidly constructed of sun-dried bricks and stamped earth, but the neighboring mountains provided stone for the complete revetment of these masses with quarried blocks.
Sculpture so concentrated itself upon this decorative field of revetment reliefs that it appears rarely to have ventured the execution of independent works.
The carved slabs which served as a revetment of the lower wall-surfaces were brought into harmony with the paintings above them by the addition of color to the reliefs.
The Assyrians needed sculptured revetment and painted stucco to support and hide the weakness of their masonry, and its incapacity for architectural treatment, within and without.
The section through the face of the bastion shows a demi-revetment with wide berm, and a hedge as an additional obstacle.
Magazine casemates were destroyed by a single shell, and revetment walls were overturned and practicable breaches made by two or three shells falling behind them.
The escarp is falling into disfavour, on account of the great expense of a revetment that can withstand breaching fire.
For the materials of casemates and revetment walls exposed to fire, concrete (q.
The portion of revetment enclosed by the cuts being thus detached from support was overturned by the pressure of the earth from the rampart.
This was done by making, with successive shots placed close together (which was feasible even in those days from a position so close as the crest of the covered way) horizontal and vertical cuts through the revetment wall.
A good deal is expected from the use of "reinforced concrete" (that is concrete strengthened by steel) both for revetment walls and casemates.
Part of the revetment had fallen; there was a yard of broken path covered with fern and bracken, then a drop of some hundred feet to the torrent below.
The Chinamen come out of their houses and stand on the revetment to watch us pass.
On the southern side of the parade ground the revetment wall was cut through by a road which ran towards Upper Egypt along the foot of the Libyan chain.
At the opposite corner the revetment was again cut so that the road was prolonged to the palace of Rameses Meïamoun through the thick brick walls.
At each proclamation the people uttered a mighty shout, and from the top of the revetment banks threw down upon the conqueror's pathway long, green palm-branches.
Transformation of the profile of a revetment to another of equal stability.
Of the execution of therevetment only so much as may show whether the examinee will be capable of undertaking the direction of such works in an efficient manner.
First, revetmentof the interior slope of a battery upon the natural ground.
On the stability of the foundations of revetment walls.
Proceeding for the determination, by geometry, of the thickness of a revetment wall at the level of the exterior ground.
Poncelet’s formula for calculating the thickness of revetment walls with perpendicular face.
Secondly, revetment in use when the terre-plein is more or less sunken.
In the memoir a short explanation is given of the theory relating to the strength of the revetment walls and arches, as well as the results of the application of these principles to the particular case.
Three weeks had to be taken up in propping the stone revetment and making the wheel solid again.
Sophia, portions of continuous galleries along the northern, western, and southern walls of the church is precluded by the character of the revetment on the walls.
In the interior the apse retains a large portion of its revetment of variously coloured marbles, and gives some idea of the original splendour of the decoration.
It is with its resplendent marble revetment and brilliant mosaics a singularly perfect and beautiful piece of work, one of the finest gems of Byzantine Art.
Large portions of the beautiful marble revetment on the walls of the church happily remain intact, and nowhere else in Constantinople, except in S.
Any marble revetment which may once have covered the walls has disappeared, but mosaics depicting scenes in the Saviour's life still decorate the vaulting and the lunettes of the arches, whilst figures of saints appear upon the soffits.
There is no vestige of a special episcopal seat in the centre, but the stonework has been disturbed; for some of the seats are built with portions of the moulded base of the marble revetment of the building.
The first works undertaken were for the construction of wharves, ramps, slips for Durham boats, a revetment wall and a bridge to Oyster Island, which was to be the principal wharf.
This revetment wall, however, gave place to the present one of stone.
Above and below there was a revetment of a few hundred feet; except this, the beach and river bank were in their natural state.
The flood abated on April 20th, after having been five feet, ten inches above the revetment wall.
A wooden revetment held up Commissioner Street and St. Sulpice Street and thence downward there was nothing but the natural bank, on which weeds grew profusely.
The extreme brow of the fortress was defended by a stone wall, on the top of which a hurdle revetment was planted.
Over the upper revetment both men made their way, and at the same time they observed a man standing near a grass stack with, a revolver in his hand.
But the side fronting Islamgee was defended by a lower wall and revetment constructed nearly half way up the slope.
It is related that the two men were advancing a few paces from each other to the upper revetment when they saw about a dozen of the enemy aiming at them.
In the centre of the revetment was a barbican, up to which led the only available road to the fortress.
The use of headers and anchors is absolutely necessary in loose soils only, but they greatly strengthen the revetment in any case.
A fascine revetment =must always be crowned= with sods or bags.
The advantages of the gabion revetmentare very great.
By a revetment we mean a facing placed against the front or back wall of a trench to keep the earth in place.
If conditions permit the revetmentto be built in place, the hurdle is made continuous for considerable lengths.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "revetment" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: coat; coating; enamel; facing; film; fur; lacquer; paint; pellicle; scale; scum; skin; varnish; veneer
