10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GABIONNADE»
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: ...
Should the gabionnade, therefore, prove a success, which the conditions seem to
favor, there would be a saving of $65 per running foot, or a total saving of
$265,200. Verv respectfully, your obedient servant, H. C. Ripley, Assistant
Engineer.
United States. Congress. House, 1881
IVAR GABIONNADE. The construct ion of the gabionnade at Bolivar Point was
continued up to November 28, 187!), when the manufacture and sinking of
gabions were discontinued in accordance with verbal instructions received from
ilaj.
United States. Congress, 1954
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Congressional Serial Set
The placing of the mattresses and riprap would cost, say, $1 per running foot-.
total cost of gabionnade would therefore be — Placing gabions ,. $1 33 Matt
resses * 1 83 Placing mattresses and riprap 1 OO Riprap 7 50 #11 Contingencies
...
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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Works for the second object were (1) the gabionnade built out from Bolivar Point
to a length of about 10,000 feet in 1876-'80. This gabionnade has been buried in
the sand or destroyed, and is abandoned. (2) A south jetty was then built, ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1886
BOLIVAR GABIONNADE. The construction of the gabionnade at Bolivar Point
was continued up to November 28. 1879, when the manufacture and sinking of
gabions were discontinued in accordance with verbal instructions received from
Maj.
United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1880
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An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Der. gabionnade (F. gabionnade, Cot.; from Ital. gabbionata, an intrenchment
formed of gabions). GABLE, a peak of a housetop. (F.—Scand.) ME. gable,
Chaucer,C. T.3571; P. Plowman,B.iii. 49.—OF.gable (Godefroy);Norm. dial. gable
;cf.
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A new and enlarged Military Dictionary, in French and ...
GABIONNADE, Fr. a term made use of when a retrenchment is suddenly thrown
up and formed of gabions, fo'r the purpose of covering the retreat of troops, who
may be obliged to abandon a work, after having defended it to the last extremity.
Charles JAMES (Major.), 1816
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A Lexicon of French Borrowings in the German Vocabulary ...
Brantzius 1603 Artifices 134: das Zândrörlin oder fuseau GABIONNADE (Subst.)
< Fr. gabionnade (f.) 'ouvrage de défense formé de gabions' (HDT) (itself attested
from 1587; see also Huguet IV 248); cf. Ital. gabbionata (f.). See also Appendix ...
William Jervis Jones, 1976
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Boyer's Royal Dictionary Abridged: In Two Parts ... ...
Gabionnade, i.f.a gabionnade. Gabionner, v. a. 1. to stop or cover with gabions.
Gâche, ». f. (partie de la serrure) the staple of a lock. (Cercle de tei pour arrêter le
» tuyaux de plomb) e wall hook. Gâcher, v. a. 1. ta plath or béa, Gâcher du jing^,
...
Abel Boyer, William Gardiner, 1814
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Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of ...
Works for the second object were (1) the gabionnade built out from Bolivar Point
to a length of about 10,000 feet in 1876->80. This gabionnade has been buried in
the sand or destroyed, and is abandoned. (2) A south jetty was then bailt, ...
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers, 1886
