different between gabion vs riprap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia (“cage”), itself from Latin cavea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?.b??n/

Noun

gabion (plural gabions)

1. (historical, military) A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).
   • 1563, Ambroise Paré, The Journey to Havre de Grace.

2. A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.
3. (civil engineering) A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.
4. A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.

   Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott.

   • 1774, James Cant, introduction, The Muses Threnodie p. vi, quoted in 2004, Walter Scott Reliquiae Trotcosiensis, Edinburgh University Press, p.6,

Derived terms

• gabion wall

Related terms

• gabioned

See also

• sap — several mentions of gabions in the context of fortifications

Further reading

• gabion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Gabino, bagnio

English

Etymology

Apparently a reduplication (with vowel dissimilation) of rap (“blow, stroke”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???p?ap/

Noun

riprap (countable and uncountable, plural 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, US) Rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring.

Verb

riprap (third-person singular simple present ripraps, present participle riprapping, simple past and past participle riprapped)

1. To form a riprap in or upon.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English riprap.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: rip?rap

Noun

riprap

1. a riprap rocks or other materials used to shore up an embankment, deter or prevent erosion, guide shipping, or serve as a temporary mooring

Verb

riprap

1. to riprap