Embank

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Embank \Em*bank"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embanked}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. {Imbank}.]
     To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect
     by a bank of earth or stone.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  embank
       v : enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river
           was embanked with a dyke"