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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ga·bi·on /ˈgebiən, ˈgæ-/
 [築城] 防禦工事用土籠;石籮

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ga·bi·on n.
 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.
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