Noun
a wall that is built to resist lateral pressure (especially a wall built to prevent the advance of a mass of earth)
Source: WordNetHousework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. Fawn M. Brodie
About 12 km in length, the wall system consisted of an ashlar stone retaining wall about convert high surmounted by a mudbrick wall about convert high and convert thick. Source: Internet
Additionally, Riverside-based contractor James McMinn, Inc. will build a retaining wall, install landscaping, and reconstruct the pedestrian bridge used to access the animal shelter. Source: Internet
A day of challenging conditions saw heavy rain and flooding impact a retaining wall at Inveruglas on the A82 as temporary traffic lights have been put in place. Source: Internet
Also, 1 kilometre of asphalt single carriageway had been completed for the Kwabenya section of the project, with pedestrian facilities, and retaining wall constructions being undertaken. Source: Internet
Floodwaters continue to impede access along the Old Harbour to artons main road in the vicinity of t. Catherine, while a section of the ictoria roadway, in larendon, remains inaccessible, due to a failed retaining wall at the location. Source: Internet