· Tools for digging trenches and for working with gabion wire. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
Sapper straining grating and placed the heavy gabion against it. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Bolster A tube, usually of small-mesh gabion wire, containing stones. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
B&W kitteh seemz to B in some sort ob kayj, problee a gabion bazkett. From Wordnik.com. [run - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
· Backfill behind the gabion structure with a filter blanket to improve drainage. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
Drain can be made more resistant to disruption by building it in a casing of gabion. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
The gabion walls are made of galvanised steel wire, with a double twist hexagonal mesh. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
As each gabion was filled, another team fitted the mesh lid and laced it closed with heavy eight-gauge wire. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
A gabion or stonework retaining wall would require less skilled workers than a reinforced concrete structure. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
· Wire all gabion boxes together using 12 SWG wire, allowing an additional 5% of wire for binding and tying. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
Sapper locked the brakes, and then lowered the heavy gabion into the flood before reversing back up the bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
Method of manufacturing a stone-filled gabion (cf.fig. E. 34) (a) the wire mesh is cut to shape and laid out flat. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
Each of them carried on his head a basket of stone aggregate, which he dumped into the mouth of the waiting gabion. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Scroll]
The gabion provides an easily constructed unit that is large enough and heavy enough to remain stable in moving water. From Wordnik.com. [1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation] Reference
The flows are channeled safely via gabion structures to storage reservoirs or to stream courses which flow into the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Water profile of Barbados] Reference
Certain drain types can be used on slopes up to 45° (e.g. drains constructed using gabion wire or concrete-bound masonry). From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
During the reconstruction the site was substantially raised, requiring extensive earthworks and gabion protection on the riverside. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They are made on a conventional gabion weaving frame but with a smaller mesh than usual: this is normally 70 × 100 mm, triple twist. From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
A gabion is made by filling a large basket of galvanized wire mesh with stones, to make a large rectangular bundle of about 0. 5-1.0 m3. From Wordnik.com. [2. Drainage options] Reference
In areas where rocks of sufficient size are not available, smaller rocks may be tied together in a large bundle or bale known as a gabion. From Wordnik.com. [2. Drainage options] Reference
(e.g. use gabion rather than dry stone construction). From Wordnik.com. [2.1 Retaining walls] Reference
See the case of gabion in the chapter on "Treatment.". From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
The advantages of the gabion revetment are very great. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition] Reference
Treatment: Wire for making of sack gabion is electro galvanized. From Wordnik.com. [CR4 - Recent Forum Threads and Blog Entries] Reference
At practical engineering, one day, three of us were making a gabion. From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
I happened to turn toward the gabion and observed what they were doing. From Wordnik.com. [The colored cadet at West Point : autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U. S. A., first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy,] Reference
He said improved gabion baskets last at least 20 years if maintained properly. From Wordnik.com. [Waynesboro Record Herald Homepage RSS] Reference
The form is then dropped down, the gabion inverted and the wattling completed. From Wordnik.com. [Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition] Reference
It involved building a retaining wall with gabion baskets and horizontal drains. From Wordnik.com. [Hawke's Bay Today] Reference
My friend once got stuck in a gabion weir and had to risk capsizing to get out of that situation. From Wordnik.com. [Adelaide Green Porridge Cafe] Reference
gabion masonry work in which the stones are held together in a metal mesh cage. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
(i) closing the cover and tying the upper edges together with those of the adjacent gabion. From Wordnik.com. [1.1. Survey of local conditions and site reconnaissance] Reference
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