English Meaning of revana or reṃvana

Meaning of 'revana or reṃvana'

f (reṃva) Earth heaped up slopingly against the outer side of the wall of a fort, or, if there be a ditch, of the side of the ditch, for protection against shot; a sort of glacis. Hence applied to a slope or descent more generally. Pr. cadhanisa ghoda revanisa reda. 2 Material for filling up (a well, ditch, foundation-terrace). 3 A soft and yielding spot, a bog, quagmire, marsh, slough.

Meaning of रेवण or रेंवण

f (रेंव) Earth heaped up slopingly against the outer side of the wall of a fort, or, if there be a ditch, of the side of the ditch, for protection against shot; a sort of glacis. Hence applied to a slope or descent more generally. Pr. चढणीस घोडा रेवणीस रेडा. 2 Material for filling up (a well, ditch, foundation-terrace). 3 A soft and yielding spot, a bog, quagmire, marsh, slough.

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