Medieval History Term of the Week: Revetment

Revetment:

- Retaining wall of stone or timber of an earth bank or sides of a ditch. (Kenyon, John R. Medieval Fortifications, 211)

Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval Glossary, Medieval History on July 16th, 2010

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6 Responses to “Medieval History Term of the Week: Revetment”

  1. Scott Marlowe, on July 16th, 2010 at 8:27 am Said:

    hmmm… that words looks familiar… ;-)

  2. Anne Gilbert, on July 16th, 2010 at 6:26 pm Said:

    I’ve heard of revetments, but never knew what the word meant.

  3. stevent, on July 18th, 2010 at 2:45 pm Said:

    I had never heard of it before, actually. I just ran across it and thought it was an interesting word.

  4. stevent, on July 18th, 2010 at 2:47 pm Said:

    How funny, Scott. I just now realized you put that as your interesting word on July 12 for Harry Turtledove’s “Disunited States of America.”

  5. ford lover, on July 18th, 2010 at 3:04 pm Said:

    Where did you learn about this? Can you give me the source?

  6. stevent, on July 18th, 2010 at 5:14 pm Said:

    Sure. I normally pull a lot of these terms from Netserf’s Medieval Glossary: http://www.netserf.org/Glossary/

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