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rimrock

(ˈrɪmˌrɒk)

(Geological Science) rock forming the boundaries of a sandy or gravelly alluvial deposit

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rim•rock

(ˈrɪmˌrɒk)

n.

rock forming the natural boundary of a plateau or other rise.

[1855–60, Amer.]

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Walk the rimrocks with a shotgun, cast a fly for rainbows, ambush a turkey, break a few clays or prowl the backcountry roads with binoculars.

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The northern slope dropped away endlessly--a steep, open slope for several hundred yards, then series after series of rimrocks and chutes.

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I shot a good buck that had bedded below some rimrocks, but robbed of my anonymity, I'd been forced to change my hunting strategy, slow to a crawl, and lurk in the shadows.

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We move on, across another sand and rock wash, up through rimrocks, achieving the top, listening, pushing on.

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Opening morning found us glassing for bucks from about a quarter-way up the west side of a huge glacier-created canyon, to the rimrocks on the east side.