rip-rap

British  

noun

1. civil engineering broken stones loosely deposited in water or on a soft bottom to provide a foundation and protect a riverbed or river banks from scour: used for revetments, embankments, breakwaters, etc

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Etymology

Origin of rip-rap

C19: reduplication of _rap ¹

Example Sentences

Largemouth bass are good with spinners, pumpkin brush hogs, finesse jigs, and shad like suspended jerk baits near docks, rip-rap, brush and brush piles.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2021

Largemouth bass are fair with purple or red plastic worms and crankbaits in deeper water near docks, rip-rap, and brush piles.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2020

Largemouth bass are good on jerk baits, diving crankbaits, and green or blue plastic worms near submerged structure, timber, and rip-rap.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2020

Catfish are excellent on live bait, chicken liver and cut bait along brushy shorelines and rip-rap.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020

Nancy Joe was coming and going in her clogs like a rip-rap let loose between the dairy and a pot of potatoes in their jackets which swung from the slowrie, the hook over the fire.

From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir