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Definition of Ripraps
1. riprap [v] - See also: riprap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ripraps
Literary usage of Ripraps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1879)
"To build these ripraps back from the shore I would propose to dig trenches with
л slope of 1:1 on the inside and Ц : 1 on the outside, and till them with ..."
2. Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House by United States, Walter Inglewood Smith, Congress, Committee on Appropriations, House (1908)
"Do you know the history of the ripraps? General MACKENZIE. ... How many years is
it since the ripraps were constructed ? Colonel ABBOT. ..."
3. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1880)
"The ripraps were replaced behind ri» dam, and the blocks of stone, which were
found about 30 feet Wo* the dam, were raised and placed on top. ..."
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