Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In hydraulic engin., a widening inward of the spaces between piers, to afford space to permit waves rolling in between the piers to lose force by spreading themselves.
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Examples
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"The job will boil down to blotting out sonar waves and piercing the enemy's own 'wave-trap defense,'" the young scientist concluded.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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