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11retaining wall — n. a wall built to keep a bank of earth from sliding or water from flooding …
12Retaining wall — A retaining wall is a structure that holds back soil or rock from a building, structure or area. Retaining walls prevent downslope movement or erosion and provide support for vertical or near vertical grade changes. Cofferdams and bulkheads,… …
13Retaining, Acts Against — The heart of the social system known as BASTARD FEUDALISM was the creation by members of the PEERAGE and GENTRY of an AFFINITY of sworn RETAINERS who indented (contracted) for life to support their lord in war and peace in return for money and …
14retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation. Also called breast wall. [1830 40] * * * or revetment Wall constructed to hold in place a mass of earth or prevent the erosion of an embankment.… …
15Retaining ring — A retaining ring is a piece of hardware that holds on to a shaft in order to locate other items on the shaft, or to locate the shaft to a fixed item. There are external retaining rings, which go on the outside of the shaft and internal retaining… …
16retaining wall — UK [rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ˌwɔːl] / US [rɪˈteɪnɪŋ ˌwɔl] noun [countable] Word forms retaining wall : singular retaining wall plural retaining walls a wall that is built to prevent earth or water from moving forwards …
17Retaining wall — Retain Re*tain (r[ e]*t[=a]n ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Retained} (r[ e]*t[=a]nd ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Retaining}.] [F. retainir, L. retinere; pref. re re + tenere to hold, keep. See {Tenable}, and cf. {Rein} of a bridle, {Retention}, {Retinue}.] 1.… …
18retaining fee — Retainer Re*tain er, n. 1. One who, or that which, retains. [1913 Webster] 2. One who is retained or kept in service; an attendant; an adherent; a hanger on. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence, a servant, not a domestic, but occasionally attending and… …
19retaining ring — See truarc retaining ring …
20retaining — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. maintaining, sustaining, securing, saving, preserving, holding, keeping, owning, possessing, having, withholding, taking, seizing, confining, suppressing, curbing, arresting, restraining, holding back, keeping back,… …
