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rock armours

rock armours is the plural of rock armour.

Meaning of rock armour

Noun

rock armour (countable and uncountable, plural rock armours)

  1. (UK) Rock or other suitable material used to protect shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, pilings and other structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion.
    • Walk along the beach to where the rock armour begins, then join the sea wall[.]2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 86

Questions about rock armours

What is rock armours the plural of?
Rock armours is the plural of rock armour.

Words near rock armours in the dictionary

  1. rock and roller
  2. rock and rolling
  3. rock and rolls
  4. rock and rye
  5. rock armour
  6. rock armours
  7. rock art
  8. rock arts
  9. rock badger
  10. rock badgers
  11. rock band

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