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Definition of Rimrock
1. Noun. (geology) An outcrop of hard rock, often in the form of a cliff at the edge of a plateau, that forms the margin of a gravel deposit ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rimrock
1. a type of rock formation [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rimrock
Literary usage of Rimrock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1907)
"... at little expense, as a line of "rimrock" (high rocky bluffs) formed an
impenetrable barrier for quite a distance, so that all that was necessary to ..."
2. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1908)
"... at little expense, as a line of "rimrock" (high rocky bluffs) formed an
impenetrable barrier for quite a distance, so that all that was necessary to ..."
3. Klondike: The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers (1897)
"A claim on El Dorado creek, a tributary of the Klondike, which paid its owner
very handsomely, is 80 feet from rimrock to rimrock, with a frontage of 500 ..."
4. Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles Marion Russell (1921)
"This stream in places is walled in with rimrock cliffs that run up twenty to
sixty feet ... He kicks the lid off, hides his head an' starts for the rimrock. ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1914)
"The prairie replaces the bunchgrass-rimrock type of vegetation as one passes up
over the sides of the canyons. The chief factors causing the transition are ..."
6. Flora of the State of Washington by Charles Vancouver Piper (1906)
"The conspicuous basaltic outcroppings along canyons and coulees are locally known
as " rimrock." The rimrock flora is in genera! the same as that of ..."
7. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1907)
"... at little expense, as a line of "rimrock" (high rocky bluffs) formed an
impenetrable barrier for quite a distance, so that all that was necessary to ..."
8. Looters of the Public Domain by Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Horace Stevens (1908)
"... at little expense, as a line of "rimrock" (high rocky bluffs) formed an
impenetrable barrier for quite a distance, so that all that was necessary to ..."
9. Klondike: The Chicago Record's Book for Gold Seekers (1897)
"A claim on El Dorado creek, a tributary of the Klondike, which paid its owner
very handsomely, is 80 feet from rimrock to rimrock, with a frontage of 500 ..."
10. Rawhide Rawlins Stories by Charles Marion Russell (1921)
"This stream in places is walled in with rimrock cliffs that run up twenty to
sixty feet ... He kicks the lid off, hides his head an' starts for the rimrock. ..."
11. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1914)
"The prairie replaces the bunchgrass-rimrock type of vegetation as one passes up
over the sides of the canyons. The chief factors causing the transition are ..."
12. Flora of the State of Washington by Charles Vancouver Piper (1906)
"The conspicuous basaltic outcroppings along canyons and coulees are locally known
as " rimrock." The rimrock flora is in genera! the same as that of ..."
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