Embank

[im'bæŋk]

Definition

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

Checked by Joseph--From WordNet

Definition

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

Typed by Konrad

Definition

v.t. to enclose or defend with a bank or dike.—n. Embank′ment the act of embanking: a bank or mound made to keep water within certain limits: a mound constructed so as to carry a level road or railway over a low-lying place.

Typed by Floyd