Plus, I learned the word riprap-previously used in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emdashes] Reference

The boulders, called riprap, are designed to protect erosion at the base of the 15-foot concrete structure.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

Fish this around structure such as riprap or downed timber.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bomber Fat A BO6F] Reference

Rocky areas such as riprap or gravel bars also tend to harbor crappie, especially when the fish go shallower.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines] Reference

Were they used as riprap to prevent stream erosion?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlington National Cemetery headstones found lining stream bed] Reference

And a lot of fishermen right along the riprap as well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 19, 2005] Reference

It has been dredged and lined with coarse stones known as riprap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gulf coast oil slick headed for Grand Isle, Louisiana] Reference

Prespawn bass commonly stack up along natural rock or riprap banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Use Crankbaits to Catch Pre-Spawn Bass] Reference

The outer slope is protected with riprap, composed of large bowlders.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883] Reference

The destroyed rock materials are the one being used in the riprap wall project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stone Breakers Builds Riprap at the Foot of Dumping Area] Reference

In areas strewn with riprap, flooded stumps, timber, or other snags, step up to 10-pound line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jigging With the Flow] Reference

Warming water shifts the summer action to smallmouth bass along wing dams or riprap shorelines.    From Wordnik.com.  [UPPER MISSISSIPPI: Cats and Eyes] Reference

I have personally dunked mine, thrown it in the mud, and bounced it off riprap to no ill effect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Benelli SuperNova] Reference

A seawall made about 60 years ago of stone riprap originally protected our waterfront's integrity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Green Initiatives in Dobbs Ferry] Reference

Even that would be hard, because the entire roadbed is solidly constructed and faced with heavy riprap.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Recluce]

Don't overlook riprap and rocky banks; bass often position themselves nearby in shallow water when it rains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Spinnerbaits Work Well When it's Raining] Reference

Work rock and gravel bottoms and riprap shores, and focus especially on flats and in backwaters, sloughs, bays, and coves.    From Wordnik.com.  [25 Tips for Bass] Reference

I was perched on the riprap below the Kentucky Dam one night trying my luck for catfish when two guys paddled up in a johnboat.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Wonder They're Called 'Alligator' Gar] Reference

In small, shallow rivers, walleyes gather near drainages from swollen marshes, rock and gravel shoals, shell beds, and riprap banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jigging With the Flow] Reference

Serious fishermen go with extra long-handled nets for the riprap.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Miles of riprap wall constructed, 2.58; improved, none; repaired, none.    From Wordnik.com.  [Emergency Relief in North Carolina. A Record of the Development and the Activities of the North Carolina Emergency Relief Administration, 1932-1935. North Carolina Emergency Relief Commission, State administrator, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry. Edited by J.S. Kirk, Walter A. Cutter [and] Thomas W. Morse] Reference

"They put some more sand, over a couple of piles of riprap," Braby said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The damage to the seawall included riprap and handrails, Fitzgerald said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

The county will stockpile some riprap to the site and add more when the NG returns.    From Wordnik.com.  [seMissourian.com Headlines] Reference

• Failing to submit design plans to the county zoning director before installing riprap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Island Packet: Home] Reference

… It's the kind of rock that is used as riprap - piles of rock used for erosion control.    From Wordnik.com.  [BYU NewsNet : Home] Reference

Texas City Mayor Matt Doyle said the storm displaced riprap on the levee and caused erosion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Daily News - News] Reference

■ Residents are voluntarily replacing failed seawalls with riprap where mangroves can grow.    From Wordnik.com.  [naplesnews.com Stories] Reference

We'll even help you hold off the protesters, just as long as we get first dibs on the riprap.    From Wordnik.com.  [BYU NewsNet : Home] Reference

Then, he said riprap would be used to construct a stilling basin and an energy dissipation dam.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

• Place riprap on the banks of earthen manure storage areas where flowing water may erode berms.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Brown obtained state permits to work on a dock and riprap wall and began those projects in early July.    From Wordnik.com.  [Island Packet: Home] Reference

C.A. Langford and Madison Materials, both of Guntersville, were awarded bids for course aggregate and riprap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sand Mountain Reporter: News] Reference

In August, the county's development review team issued Brown an "after-the-fact" approval for the riprap wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [Island Packet: Home] Reference

"The only reason they want to put the riprap on the east side is because it's the easiest place for them to do it.".    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Illinois Department of Transportation is set to begin a project today to put 4,000 tons of stone riprap around the piers.    From Wordnik.com.  [News-Gazette.com] Reference

The shore below the landing is a line of broken, ragged, slimy rocks, as if they had been dumped there for a riprap wall.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner] Reference