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

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Example Sentences

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spoil bank

The forms where the men had lain in the soft black muck behind the spoil bank were still sharply defined.

From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen

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.

From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Halbert Powers Gillette

The gunman was running for dear life down the spoil bank.

From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen

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.”

From Sappers and Miners The Flood beneath the Sea by Hal Hurst

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

From The Plunderer by Henry Oyen

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