Meaning

verb construct a revetment

verb face with a layer of stone or concrete or other supporting material so as to retain

originEtymology tree French re- Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéstis Proto-Italic *westis Latin vestis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin vestiō Old French vestir Middle French vestir French vêtir French revêtirbor. English revet Borrowed from French revêtir (“to reclothe”).

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