Igama elithi Gabion lithatyathwe kwigama lesiTaliyane elithi gabbione elithetha “indlwana enkulu.”Iindonga zeGabion zenziwe ngee-gabions, okanye iikheji ezinkulu okanye iibhaskithi, ezizaliswe ngamatye, igrabile, ikhonkrithi, okanye izinto zokwakha eziseleyo.Ezi bhaskithi zikhulu zinokupakishwa kunye kwaye ziqhagamshelwe kusetyenziswa ucingo olunzima.
Iindonga zaseGabion zinokubonelela ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo zokusetyenziswa kwemizi-mveliso, kubandakanywa nolawulo lokhukuliseko, ulawulo lwezandyondyo lwexeshana, ukunciphisa ingxolo, kunye nokucoca intlenge ephuma emanzini.
Kananjalo zinokulungiswa iibhaskithi ukwenza udonga olugcina i-gabion, ukwakha ucingo lwabucala kwipropati yakho, okanye ukudibanisa (kwaye mhlawumbi uphinde usebenzise) ilitye lendalo kwigadi yekhaya lakho okanye eyadini.