Word Meanings - GABIONADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A traverse made with gabions between guns or on their flanks, protecting them from enfilading fire. 2. A structure of gabions sunk in lines, as a core for a sand bar in harbor improvements.

Related words: (words related to GABIONADE)

• TRAVERSE
  Lying across; being in a direction across something else; as, paths cut with traverse trenches. Oak . . . being strong in all positions, may be better trusted in cross and traverse work. Sir H. Wotton. The ridges of the fallow field traverse.
• PROTECT
  To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak. Syn. -- To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
• PROTECTRESS; PROTECTRIX
  A woman who protects.
• HARBOR MASTER
  An officer charged with the duty of executing the regulations respecting the use of a harbor.
• PROTECTORIAL
  See PROTECTORAL
• PROTECTORLESS
  Having no protector; unprotected.
• PROTECTIVE
  Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring , coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff ,
• TRAVERSER
  One who traverses, or denies. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, traverses, or moves, as an index on a scale, and the like.
• HARBOROUS
  Hospitable.
• PROTECTIONIST
  One who favors protection. See Protection, 4.
• PROTECTIVENESS
  The quality or state of being protective. W. Pater.
• STRUCTURE
  Manner of organization; the arrangement of the different tissues or parts of animal and vegetable organisms; as, organic structure, or the structure of animals and plants; cellular structure. 5. That which is built; a building; esp., a building
• HARBORLESS
  Without a harbor; shelterless.
• PROTECTIONISM
  The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4.
• HARBORER
  One who, or that which, harbors. Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype.
• BETWEEN
  betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two, akin to Goth. 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of
• PROTECTORSHIP
  , The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
• PROTECTINGLY
  By way of protection; in a protective manner.
• STRUCTURELESS
  Without a definite structure, or arrangement of parts; without organization; devoid of cells; homogeneous; as, a structureless membrane.
• HARBOR
  The mansion of a heavenly body. 4. A portion of a sea, a lake, or other large body of water, either landlocked or artificially protected so as to be a place of safety for vessels in stormy weather; a port or haven. (more info) herberge,
• CHURCHLINESS
  Regard for the church.
• FRIENDLINESS
  The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney.
• LORDLINESS
  The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.
• STEELINESS
  The quality of being steely.
• CHILLINESS
  1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness. 2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air. 3. Formality; lack of warmth.
• SOUTHERNLINESS
  Southerliness.
• MELANCHOLINESS
  The state or quality of being melancholy. Hallywell.
• DEATHLINESS
  The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.
• KINGLINESS
  The state or quality of being kingly.
• UNHARBOR
  To drive from harbor or shelter.
• BEASTLINESS
  The state or quality of being beastly.
• BRISTLINESS
  The quality or state of having bristles.
• POORLINESS
  The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.
• ZOLLNER'S LINES
  Parallel lines that are made to appear convergent or divergent by means of oblique intersections.
• SLOVENLINESS
  The quality or state of being slovenly.
• GHASTLINESS
  The state of being ghastly; a deathlike look.
• MAIDENLINESS
  The quality of being maidenly; the behavior that becomes a maid; modesty; gentleness.