Monday, After the rain I need small versions
What is the name of the device? Formerly made of wood saplings or reeds woven together like giant baskets and filled with earth and or sand, these devices were made as quick but effective fortifications to protect soldiers. Placed well they could stop, redirect, or slow down charging cavalry. Even from medieval times in civil applications they were also used as devices to hold back moving sand and dirt, build dams and docks. Today their modern counterpart is made of wire mesh and may be left open or lined with a strong material and used for exactly the same purpose. Largely replacing sandbags where there is equipment to move and fill these devices they now surround military compounds, latrines, and buildings to limit collateral mortar damage. Name the device and a bonus if you can name the modern company who reinvented it in the 1990s.