rockdumping

English

Etymology

rock +‎ dumping

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɒkdʌmpɪŋ/

Noun

rockdumping (uncountable)

  1. (marine engineering) The process or activity of depositing rocks onto the seabed—typically to protect or stabilize underwater structures like pipelines, cables, or platforms.
    • 1961, SFI Bulletin, numbers 121-140, Sport Fishing Institute, page 10:
      The Coast Guard assisted by supervising the rockdumping and by securing lines to the barges to stabilize the dump.
    • 1996, Terence Knott, Terry Knott, No Business as Usual: An Extraordinary North Sea Result, British Petroleum Company, page 104:
      Or the trench may be too shallow in some places which requires additional rockdumping on the line to attain stability.
    • 2025 June 24, Wikipedia contributors, “Cable protection system”, in English Wikipedia‎[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      Should the cable protection system be too buoyant, it is less likely to remain in contact with the seabed, thus the CPS is more likely to require additional remedial stability measures, such as installation of concrete mattresses, rock bags, or rockdumping.
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