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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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.
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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
The three basic tactics are: replenishing sand on the beaches, adding and expanding rock revetments west of the tracks, and installing barrier-like catchment walls east of the tracks where they are threatened by landslides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
The California Coastal Commission often approves the emergency use of boulders to shore up an area battered by waves, sometimes after the revetments have already been set down, and they are rarely removed, despite them being approved just temporarily, Sekich-Quinn said.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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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
The three basic tactics are: replenishing sand on the beaches, adding and expanding rock revetments west of the tracks, and installing barrier-like catchment walls east of the tracks where they are threatened by landslides.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 May 2024
The California Coastal Commission often approves the emergency use of boulders to shore up an area battered by waves, sometimes after the revetments have already been set down, and they are rarely removed, despite them being approved just temporarily, Sekich-Quinn said.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Revetment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revetment. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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