Hypertext Webster Gateway: "embankment"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Embankment \Em*bank"ment\, n.
1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent
water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain
water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
embankment
n : a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold
back water or to support a road or as protection
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