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remblai

British  
/ rɑ̃blɛ /

noun

  1. earth used for an embankment or rampart

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of remblai

C18: from French, from remblayer to embank, from emblayer to pile up


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A remblai, also topped with hawthorn, lies a little to the north of this road.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield

Then there is the lynchet or remblai, like a steep cliff, from three to twelve feet high, hardly to be noticed from above until the traveller is upon it.

From The Old Front Line by John Masefield

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