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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Embar \Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embarred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. {Embargo}.] 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. [1913 Webster] Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. [1913 Webster] He embarred all further trade. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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