gabion

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von gabion im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: ağırlık sepeti; (isim) ağırlık sepeti; (Askeri) KUM SEPETİ: Uçları açık kalacak şekilde örtülen, içine toprak doldurularak sahra tahkimatına istinat duvarı yapmakta kullanılan, silindir şeklinde kap. Modern harplerde, kum sepetleri yerine kum torbaları kullanılır

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von gabion im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: a knickknack, objet d’art, curiosity, collectable; a woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride; a cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag); a porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks; {n} a wicker basket used in fortifications; Steel wire-mesh basket to hold stones or crushed rock to protect a bank or bottom from erosion; A galvanized wire basket filled with stone used for structural purposes When fastened together used as retaining walls, revetments, slope protection and similar structures; Large, steel wire-mesh baskets usually rectangular in shape and variable in size They are designed to solve the problem of erosion; rock filled wire baskets used to retain earth and provide erosion control; A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom; wire basket filled with rocks, used to stabilise riverbank or foot of unstable slope; (1) Steel wire-mesh basket to hold stones or crushed rock to protect a bank or bottom from erosion (2) (SMP) Structures composed of masses of rocks, rubble or masonry held tightly together usually by wire mesh so as to form blocks or walls Sometimes used on heavy erosion areas to retard wave action or as a foundation for breakwaters or jetties; wire mesh rectangular container filled with stones, often used in sea defense structures or to provide slope stability; Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire; (gay-bee-un): A round, wicker cylinder, approximately 24" in diameter and 3' high, filled with sod Gabions were used to line gun embrasures and could be used for other purposes like supporting the walls of a temporary fortification; as in harbor improvement; A galvanized wire basket filled with stone used for structural purposes They can be fastened together and used for retaining walls, revetments, slope protection and similar structures; Woven metal or metal screening filled with rock to form a fortification or earth bank protection; A wire mesh basket filled with rocks that is used to protect erodible stream-banks or to create dams, deflectors, or other in-stream structures; A cylindrical wicker or metal basket for filling with earth or stones used in engineering; a knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable; a wicker basket filled with earth often used in earthwork construction; {i} earth-filled container used for military defense; stone-filled cylinder used as a foundation for dams and dikes; An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc