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Definition of Gabioned
1. p. a. Furnished with gabions.
Definition of Gabioned
1. Adjective. Furnished with gabions. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gabioned
1. fortified with stones [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabioned
Literary usage of Gabioned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The supply or disposition of gabions in a fortification. gabioned (ga'bi-ond), a.
[< gabion + -or!2.] In fort., furnished "with, formed of, or protected by ..."
2. English Seamen: Howard, Clifford, Hawkins, Drake, Cavendish by Robert Southey (1897)
"... for the first or second fire shook down the cross wall by which this battery
was " defended or gabioned " ; it then lay open to the enemy. ..."
3. The Life and Labours of Saint Thomas of Aquin by Roger Bede Vaughan, Jerome Vaughan (1890)
"... according to the growing need; the other looking more like a modern stronghold,
with its crenellated walls, frowning earthworks, and gabioned parapets. ..."
4. Pacata Hibernia: Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of by Sir Thomas Stafford (1810)
"... landing upon the Mayne: for I know (sayd hee) you must land at yonder Sandy
Bay, where before your comming, the place will bee so trenched and gabioned, ..."
5. Pacata Hibernia: Or, A History of the Wars in Ireland, During the Reign of by Thomas Stafford, George Carew Totnes (1896)
"... you must land at yonder sandy bay, where, before your coming, the place will
be so intrenched and gabioned that you must run upon assured death. ..."
6. The British Admirals: With an Introductory View of the Naval History of England by Robert Southey, Robert Bell (1834)
"... for the first or second fire shook down the cross wall by which this battery
was " defended or gabioned;" it then lay open to the enemy. ..."
7. The Irish Nation: Its History and Its Biography by James Wills (1876)
"... that you must land at yonder sandy bay, where before your coming the place
will be so trenched and gabioned as you must runne upon assured death. ..."
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