Definition of Gabion:

part of speech: noun

In mil., a large cylindrical basket of wicker- work, open at both ends and filled with earth, used as a shelter for working parties, and in the construction of the parapets of trenches, & c.

Usage examples:

• Half an hour later Julie stood, scarcely breathing, her ear to the locked door of his gabion F. Berkeley Smith in "A Village of Vagabonds".

• His hand was on the gabion door. F. Berkeley Smith in "A Village of Vagabonds".

• This gabion of mine is smaller, but it is in better line with the flights, he explained as he opened the door. F. Berkeley Smith in "A Village of Vagabonds".