gabion

[ gey-bee-uhn ]

/ ˈgeɪ bi ən /

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noun

a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.

a metal cylinder filled with stones and sunk in water, used in laying the foundations of a dam or jetty.

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Origin of gabion

1570–80; <Middle French: rough, two-handled basket <Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia cage <Latin cavea cavity, cage

Words nearby gabion

gaberdine, gaberlunzie, Gaberones, Gabès, gabfest, gabion, gabionade, gable, gabled, gable end, gable roof

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How to use gabion in a sentence

Captain Gabion challenged Hookey, who, alone of the three, performed correctly.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various
Captain Gabion took me by the elbow, and proposed that we should sojourn at the same hotel.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various
Just as he extracted an enormous clasp-knife, I whipped it out of his hand, and passed it to Captain Gabion.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various
Captain Gabion, breathing the only execration I ever heard from his lips, choked the skipper off.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, No. 411, January 1850|Various

The slight gabion protection for the siege batteries was at first replaced by strong timber shelters.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various

British Dictionary definitions for gabion

gabion

/ (ˈɡeɪbɪən) /

noun

a cylindrical metal container filled with stones, used in the construction of underwater foundations

a wickerwork basket filled with stones or earth, used (esp formerly) as part of a fortification

Word Origin for gabion

C16: from French: basket, from Italian gabbione, from gabbia cage, from Latin cavea; see cage

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