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発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪpɹap/

名詞

riprap (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 ripraps)

1. An underwater bank seen as a danger to shipping.
   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 423:

     They hold on, spray flying, the ceaseless racket of water impacting on rock all but swallowing them, the river pitching dizzily, snags and riprap raking like claws at the bottom of the boat.

2. (chiefly Canada, 米国用法) Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.

動詞

riprap (三人称単数 現在形 ripraps, 現在分詞 riprapping, 過去形および過去分詞形 riprapped)

1. To form a riprap in or upon.