riprap
[ rip-rap ]
/ ˈrɪpˌræp /
noun
a quantity of broken stone for foundations, revetments of embankments, etc.
a foundation or wall of stones thrown together irregularly.
verb (used with object), rip·rapped, rip·rap·ping.
to construct with or strengthen by stones, either loose or fastened with mortar.
Origin of riprap
First recorded in 1570–80; gradational reduplication of
rap1
Words nearby riprap
ripple mark,
ripplegrass,
rippler,
ripplet,
ripply,
riprap,
ripsaw,
ripsnorter,
ripstop nylon,
riptide,
ripuarian
Example sentences from the Web for riprap
The riprap was merely a skin on each face, with loose spawls mixed with the earth.
The outer slope is protected with riprap, composed of large bowlders.
The shore below the landing is a line of broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had been dumped there for a riprap wall.
Their Pilgrimage |Charles Dudley WarnerRiprap holds dissolving banks, and overhanging trees are cut away.
Old Times on the Upper Mississippi |George Byron Merrick