embankment
Origin of embankment
Examples from the Web for embankment
Contemporary Examples of embankment
The train bore me away … we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment.
The plane settled about 400 yards from the runway in an embankment off a five-lane highway.
“He climbed back up the embankment and slipped in the mud, got mad and chewed me out for half an hour,” Kronk said bitterly.
Historical Examples of embankment
Do you remember that night on the Embankment when we were both so scared of getting married?
The Foolish LoversSt. John G. Ervine
There was a crowd on the embankment by the corner of the Ripetta bridge.
The Eternal CityHall Caine
Katherine watched them as they crossed the street and turned on to the Embankment.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
I think—I think I'll take a walk on the Embankment—by myself.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
The others had barely got beyond the embankment, when they were swept away.
War from the InsideFrederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock