Wire mesh baskets filled with rock.

A wire cage, usually rectangular, filled with rock and used in flood control or for channel and bank stabilization.

A large round woven wicker cylinder intended to be set in place and filled with earth, sand or stones. Used for revetments (supporting walls) parapets and embrasure cheeks in field works or forts.

a wicker basket filled with earth and stones often use in building fortifications; can also be created out of similar materials, such as wire mesh/fence, lumber, plywood, or any suitable material that forms a stackable container for rocks, gravel, and soil

A wire cage, usually rectangular, filled with cobbles and used as a component for water control structures or for channel and bank protection.

a large open-ended wicker-work frame, filled with earth, used to protect soldiers while they were digging trenches. They served as a retaining wall or bracing to hold the sides of trenches in place and to keep breastworks from caving in.

a basket or cage that turns important loose material such as rubble

a mesh wire cage with rocks that traps sediment and other debris as water flows through it

a pussy cat doll button basket or cage that turns important loose

a rock-filled wire cage, box, or basket

a series of rectangular stone-filled wire structures attached together, creating a step-like effect on a bank

a wire basket(s) usually filled with stone used for structural purposes such as retaining walls, revetments, slope protection, and similar applications

a wire mesh basket specifically designed to prevent erosion

a wire-mesh box filled with rock

a wire cage that is filled with rock and earth and used to construct barrages for temporarily impounding water or preventing soil erosion.

3" to 10" stone used to fill galvanized, a woven steel wire basket that is used for erosion control and retaining wall construction.

Wire cage used to contain rip rap and stone. Gabions are used to increase the resistance of rip rap to movement caused by flowing water.

An open-ended, cylinder-shaped wire mesh container which is sunk into a bottom and filled with rocks to form a structure such as a dike used to prevent erosion. ( gabion)

wire basket filled with rocks, used to stabilise riverbank or foot of unstable slope.

a wire basket filled with rocks formerly used as spawning weirs but now used primarily to stabilize banks.

A wire basket or cage that is filled with gravel and generally used to stabilize stream banks and improve degraded aquatic habitat.

a woven wire basket filled with stones of a size that will not pass through the openings in the basket. Individual baskets are tied together to form retaining walls and erosion resistant surfaces.

A cylindrical wicker basket several feet high, filled with dirt and stones, a gabion was used to reinforce fieldworks. Its use preceded the Civil War by centuries.

Wire basket, filled with stones, used to stabilize banks of a water course and to enhance habitat.

(1) Steel wire-mesh basket to hold STONES or crushed rock to protect a BANK or bottom from EROSION. (2) (SMP) Structures composed of masses of ROCKS, rubble or masonry held tightly together usually by wire mesh so as to form blocks or walls. Sometimes used on heavy EROSION areas to retard wave action or as a foundation for BREAKWATERS or JETTIES.

A wire mesh cage, usually rectangular, filled with rock and used to protect channel banks and other sloping areas form erosion.

an erosion control product. A mesh basket filled with rocks, cement.

A galvanized wire box filled with stones used to form an abutment or retaining wall.

a large basket of interwoven vines and saplings used to strengthen or shape an earthwork.  The gabion was set into position, then filled with earth on site.  When gabions deteriorated, the fill collapsed into shapeless mounds that can sometimes be identified in the field.

(gay-bee-un): A round, wicker cylinder, approximately 24" in diameter and 3' high, filled with sod. Gabions were used to line gun embrasures and could be used for other purposes like supporting the walls of a temporary fortification.

A cylindrical wicker or metal basket for filling with earth or stones used in engineering.

A metal or wire cage filled with ballast or stone, used in large scale retaining walls.

A metal cage full of some hard material, typically stones. Often used for retaining wall especially on river sides. Can be succesfully used as part of a building foundation.

A rectangular basket or mattress made of steel wire in a hexagonal mesh. Gabions are generally subdivided into equal-sized cells that are wired together and filled with stones, forming a large, heavy mass used for shore protection. Impervious area: A hard surface area (e.g., parking lot) that prevents or retards the entry of water into the soil, thus causing water to run off the surface in greater quantities and at an increased rate of flow.

A compartmented rectangular container made of steel wire mesh and filled with stone; used for erosion control and retaining wall purposes.

A prefabricated basket of rock within a wire cage that is free draining and capable of being stacked.

Historically, gabions (from Italian gabbione meaning "big cage"; from Italian gabbia and Latin cavea meaning "cage") were round cages with open tops and bottoms, made from wickerwork and filled with earth for use as military fortifications. Modern definitions include any caged riprap for erosion control, or cylindrical metal structures used to build dams or foundations.