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Embank [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

Embanked [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Embank

Embanking [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. of Embank

2. of Embar

Embankment [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.

Embankment Encyclopedia Britannica

EMBANKMENT is an engineering term used to denote any large heap of materials collected together by artificial means. Embankments are constructed for carrying roads or railways across valleys. They are also employed for protecting land from the encroachments of river floods, aud on a larger scale, iu low-lying countries, as a defence against the inroads of the sea. Embankments are also the main features in almost all schemes of water-works, being used for impounding water for supply of towns or compensation to mills. See Irrigation and Water-Works.

9th ed. Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 8, p. 158
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