riprap

[ rip-rap ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, rip·rapped, rip·rap·ping.

to construct with or strengthen by stones, either loose or fastened with mortar.

Origin of riprap¹

First recorded in 1570–80; gradational reduplication of rap ¹

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.

Riprap holds dissolving banks, and overhanging trees are cut away.

The riprap was merely a skin on each face, with loose spawls mixed with the earth.

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