embank

American  

[em-bangk] / ɛmˈbæŋk /

verb (used with object)

1. to enclose or protect with an embankment.

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embank British  

/ ɪmˈbæŋk /

verb

1. (tr) to protect, enclose, or confine (a waterway, road, etc) with an embankment

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Other Word Forms

• unembanked adjective

Etymology

Origin of embank

First recorded in 1640–50; em- ¹ + bank ¹

Example Sentences

The lower section, from the embanked waterfront to the boulevards, is the French quarter, once the hub of colonial power.

From Washington Post

Historic England's flying archaeologists identified two round houses, separated from the surrounding land by an embanked boundary with an entrance on the southern side, opening towards a stream.

From BBC

The scheme also involved the huge challenge of embanking the Thames, creating the Victoria, Albert and Chelsea embankments.

From The Guardian

In the Ganges Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh and India, home to 170 million people, the surviving wetlands are up to 1.5 metres above the embanked and reclaimed land.

From The Guardian

In addition, various kinds of canals 590 and endiked or embanked lakes had come into existence, forming altogether a vast network of more or less stagnant waters.

From Project Gutenberg