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What (who) is GABION - definition

CAGE FULL OF ROCK

Gabions; Gabion basket

Gabion

·noun An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, ·etc., as in harbor improvement.

II. Gabion ·noun A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire.

gabion

['ge?b??n]

¦ noun a cylindrical basket or container filled with earth, stones, or other material and used in civil engineering works.

Derivatives

gabionage noun

Origin

C16: via Fr. from Ital. gabbione, from gabbia 'cage'.

Gabion

A gabion (from Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian gabbia and Latin cavea meaning "cage") is a cage, cylinder or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping.

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Gabion

A gabion (from Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian gabbia and Latin cavea meaning "cage") is a cage, cylinder or box filled with rocks, concrete, or sometimes sand and soil for use in civil engineering, road building, military applications and landscaping.

For erosion control, caged riprap is used. For dams or in foundation construction, cylindrical metal structures are used. In a military context, earth- or sand-filled gabions are used to protect sappers, infantry, and artillerymen from enemy fire.

Leonardo da Vinci designed a type of gabion called a Corbeille Leonard ("Leonard[o] basket") for the foundations of the San Marco Castle in Milan.

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Examples of use of GABION

1. Behsood District officials said gabion boxes had been effectively positioned, thus creating strong flood–resistance capacity.

2. Gabion boxes "This [flooding] is an issue that the government of Afghanistan and UN agencies take extremely seriously.

3. "We have received too few gabion boxes and therefore they have not been useful," said another man, Hassan Ali.

4. Gabion boxes will be used to create resistance walls across and/or near to riverbanks and other risky locations to prevent flooding.

5. Training ranges from embroidery, carpentry, plumbing, tailoring, masonry and welding to painting, bar bending, carpet weaving, gabion weaving, blacksmithing, tinsmithing, leatherwork and secretarial work.