Crossword clues for riprap
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Riprap \Rip"rap`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riprapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Riprapping.] To form a riprap in or upon.
Riprap \Rip"rap`\, n. [Cf. Rap.] (Masonry) A foundation or sustaining wall of stones thrown together without order, as in deep water or on a soft bottom, or in a river channel.
Wiktionary
n. 1 An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping. 2 (context chiefly North America English) Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring. vb. To form a riprap in or upon.
Wikipedia
Riprap, also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour or rubble, is rock or other material used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, pilings and other shoreline structures against scour and water or ice erosion. It is made from a variety of rock types, commonly granite or limestone, and occasionally concrete rubble from building and paving demolition. It can be used on any waterway or water containment where there is potential for water erosion.
Underwater, rock armour caps submerged tunnels to protect against accidental anchor strikes or sinking debris.
Usage examples of "riprap".
Parcade lay perpendicular to the beach, had once connected almost directly with the beach itself, but the stairs that breached the seawall had been barricaded, riprap piled behind the new concrete walls, and only the occasional plume of sand now passed that barrier.
The shore below the landing is a line of broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had been dumped there for a riprap wall.
Its earthen dam stretched south to north for better than two miles, and the highway ran on top of the dam, greenish-brown water lapping against a riprap of gray limestone boulders.
Paul walked across the street to the riprap and looked down at the trickle of river, aware of eyes on them.
Siesta Court a wall of riprap bordered the street, softened by buttercups and shooting stars that managed to root in and beautify the ugly concrete.
At a tall laurel that overhung the riprap, they caught up with Hitchcock, who was involved in an investigation of his own.
February, it came over the top, where the riprap is now, and rolled down the street and wiped it out.
So anyways, we thought we were back to normal except for that puke-producing riprap the county put in and the new bridge.
She could hear the stream flowing behind the riprap wall and smell the inimitable pungency of charcoal lighter fluid mixed with animal fat.
Less than a kay ahead is the first section of the stone riprap of the seawall, and there two redstone pillars flank the road.
By repeating the tedious process, the fugitive drags himself clear of the water and onto the stone riprap that slopes toward the valley mentioned by the healer.
The edge of the lake a riprap of twisted stumps, gray and weathered, the windfall trees of a hurricane years past.
Army Corps of Engineers give a presentation at the town library, explaining their plan to stabilize the cliff at its most vulnerable points with impromptu riprap seawalls made of boulders dumped from above.
Then he rolls over and sits up and kicks, pushing clear of the concrete riprap that lines the bank where the stream quickens, making ready to dive into the first sharp bend.
Green, foaming breakers reared up, steep sides glistening, then hammered an uneven percussion of spray against the riprap that fronted the harbor.