Definition of "overtopping" []

• Present participle of overtop. (verb)
• Surmounting, surpassing. (adjective)

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• "VERY fortunately the report was, at least right now, inaccurate: the overtopping is on the west side of the Industrial Canal."
• "S. O'BRIEN: S. you feel that the overtopping is the big problem."
• "Restore the valve system to allow all water to flow through the channel below the dam rather than along the side, and hopefully prevent most 'overtopping' incidences caused by high water during winter rains."