Defn: 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.)
Defn: An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement.
GABIONADE
Ga`bi*on*ade", n. Etym: [F. gabionnade.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: 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.
GABIONAGE
Ga"bi*on*age, n. Etym: [F. gabionnage.] (Mil.)
Defn: The part of a fortification built of gabions.
GABIONED
Ga"bi*oned, p. a.