gabion

/gey-bee-uhn/US // ˈgeɪ bi ən //UK // (ˈɡeɪbɪən) //

石笼网,石笼草,石笼罩,石笼头

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a cylinder of wickerwork filled with earth, used as a military defense.
- : a metal cylinder filled with stones and sunk in water, used in laying the foundations of a dam or jetty.

Captain Gabion challenged Hookey, who, alone of the three, performed correctly.
Captain Gabion took me by the elbow, and proposed that we should sojourn at the same hotel.
Just as he extracted an enormous clasp-knife, I whipped it out of his hand, and passed it to Captain Gabion.
Captain Gabion, breathing the only execration I ever heard from his lips, choked the skipper off.
The slight gabion protection for the siege batteries was at first replaced by strong timber shelters.