1. overtopping - Noun
2. overtopping - Adjective
3. overtopping - Verb
Derived from overtop
of Overtop
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd do not think, my boy, that because I, impulsively broke forth in jubillations over Shakspeare, that, therefore, I am of the number of the snobs who burn their tuns of rancid fat at his shrine. No, I would stand afar off & alone, & burn some pure Palm oil, the product of some overtopping trunk. Herman Melville
According to the laboratory tests, empirical correlations related to average overtopping discharge were derived to analyze the resistance of levee against erosion. Source: Internet
Coastal Engineering.56: 244–259 studied the effect of combination of wave overtopping and storm surge overflow on the erosion and scour generation in levees. Source: Internet
Factors that cause levee failure include overtopping, erosion, structural failures, and levee saturation. Source: Internet
Laboratory study of combined wave overtopping and storm surge overflow of a levee. Source: Internet
Predicting soil erosion and scour generation when overtopping happens is important in order to design stable levee and floodwalls. Source: Internet