revetment
noun
re·vet·ment
ri-ˈvet-mənt 
1
: a facing (as of stone or concrete) to sustain an embankment
2
: embankment
especially
: a barricade to provide shelter (as against bomb fragments or strafing)
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The home is perched on a 70-foot-high bluff that is protected by a rock revetment to protect the shoreline from coastal erosion.
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
An estimated 1,000 tons of boulders was used to fill the base of the cliffside, adding to the already-existing 5,000 tons of large rocks that formed the quarter-mile-long revetment.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
More work to secure the area took place in the early ’80s under an emergency coastal permit, and again in 1988 following severe El Niño storms that affected a nearby bluff slope and undermined the revetment, according to a Coastal Commission report.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
In 1989, to settle litigation with the community association, the county agreed to maintain and repair the existing rock revetment and also accepted liability and responsibility for any damages to the property benefiting from the revetment.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
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Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
An estimated 1,000 tons of boulders was used to fill the base of the cliffside, adding to the already-existing 5,000 tons of large rocks that formed the quarter-mile-long revetment.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
More work to secure the area took place in the early ’80s under an emergency coastal permit, and again in 1988 following severe El Niño storms that affected a nearby bluff slope and undermined the revetment, according to a Coastal Commission report.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
In 1989, to settle litigation with the community association, the county agreed to maintain and repair the existing rock revetment and also accepted liability and responsibility for any damages to the property benefiting from the revetment.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 15 July 2024
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“Revetment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revetment. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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