A basket gabionndi bokosi lamakona anayi kapena lacylindrical lopangidwa ndi mawaya mawaya kapena zinthu zina zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito potsekereza makoma, kuwongolera kukokoloka, ndi kukongoletsa malo. Nthawi zambiri amadzazidwa ndi miyala kapena zinthu zina, ndipo waya wa waya amakulungidwa mwamphamvu pamiyalayo kuti apange mawonekedwe omwe amatha kupirira kupanikizika kwakukulu ndi kulemera kwake. Mabasiketi a Gabion nthawi zambiri amagwiritsidwa ntchito pomanga zosiyanasiyana, monga kumanga madamu, milatho, ndi misewu. Amagwiritsidwanso ntchito pokongoletsa malo kuti apange makoma otchinga, obzala, ndi zokongoletsera. Mabasiketi a Gabion amafunikira kusamalidwa pang'ono ndipo amakhala ndi moyo wautali, kuwapangitsa kukhala otsika mtengo komanso okhazikika pazogwiritsa ntchito zosiyanasiyana.