ripple†

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

an obstruction in a watercourse, as a shallows, rapids, or sandbar.

See: riffle ((n.))(def. 1a)

Quotations

1811

. . . no strong Rapids but many Ripples.

1827

These rifts, as they are called, otherwise small ripples, continue about a mile.

1933

By the ripple rapid, water has flowed over the snow and made a smooth rink. . . .

2n.

a stretch of ruffled water caused by such an obstruction; the place where such an obstruction is.

See: riffle ((n.))(def. 1b)

1916

In the gravel-bottomed ripple, the water was too swift, too deep, for an overbalanced boy to regain his feet. . . .