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Definition of Riprapped
1. riprap [v] - See also: riprap
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riprapped
Literary usage of Riprapped
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Massachusetts Harbor and Land Commission (1904)
"A portion of the bank which was riprapped in 1888- 1889 was graded quite ...
A shore owner had heretofore riprapped about 50 feet at considerable expense. ..."
2. Annual Report (1903)
"The dead wood has been removed from Luna Island, its shore riprapped, graded and
planted with Berberis Thunbergii with the same end in view. ..."
3. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Inside this is a puddled earth bank, riprapped on the water surface with 10 ...
As a rule the canal bottom and sides are riprapped where the change in ..."
4. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"Inside this is a puddled earth bank, riprapped on the water surface with 10 ...
As a rule the canal bottom and sides are riprapped where the change in ..."
5. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1913)
"The bank above the abutment should also be graded and riprapped, but as it is
not exposed to unusual currents, as is the bank below, but only to wave-wash ..."
6. The Improvement of Rivers: A Treatise on the Methods Employed for Improving by Benjamin Franklin Thomas, David Alexander Watt (1903)
"It must of course be paved or riprapped, and its foot for 150 or 200 feet below
the abutment should be provided with a toe made of a crib filled with riprap ..."
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