Read full poem →Of parapets, curtains, and palisadoes;[508]
Of flankers, ravelins, gabions he prates,
And of false-brays,[509] and sallies, and scaladoes.[510]
Dictionary Entry
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).
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Common Phrases
. gabionsgabions twogabions filledgabions making
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Poetry examples for “gabions”
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