spoil bank

American  

noun

1. a bank of excavated refuse or waste earth, as of shale from surface coal mining.

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Etymology

Origin of spoil bank

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

The excavated material amounted to about 34,000 cu. m., and, of this quantity, 31,500 cu. m. were used to form the embankment; the 508remainder was taken to a spoil bank immediately adjoining, the black earth stripping being separated and reserved for covering the reservoir, etc.

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In both instances the material was deposited at a distance of 1640 ft. from the river, the spoil bank varying in depth from 2 to 7 metres.

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The stone for the concrete was obtained from the spoil bank of the canal, loaded into wheelbarrows and wheeled about 100 ft. to the crusher; some was hauled in wagons.

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I dunno where you got it, o’ course; but if it came from the spoil bank of that old mine, it just proves what I thought.”

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The fight had raged down the spoil bank, and he glanced around and saw the leader clawing his way up the bank.

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