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rip-rap

(Engineering / Civil Engineering) 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.

[reduplication of rap¹]

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