EMBANK

embank

(verb) enclose with banks, as for support or protection; “The river was embanked with a dyke”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

embank (third-person singular simple present embanks, present participle embanking, simple past and past participle embanked)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Em*bank", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] Etym: [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.]

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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