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Definitions for: Embankment [n] a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
Webster (1913) Definition: Em*bank"ment, n.
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.
See Also: bulwark, hill, mound, rampart, revetement, revetment, stone facing, wall
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