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Webster 1913 Edition

Gabion

Ga′bi-on

,
Noun.
[F., from It.
gabbione
a large cage, gabion, from
gabbia
cage, L.
cavea
. See
Cage
.]
1.
(Fort.)
A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy’s fire.
2.
(Hydraul. Engin.)
An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gabion

GA'BION

,
Noun.
In fortification, a large basket of wickerwork, of a cylindrical form; filled with earth, and serving to shelter men from an enemy's fire.

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