2. Adjective. piled high with ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Banked
1. bank [v] - See also: bank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Banked
Literary usage of Banked
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1886)
"From the table it is seen that with banked fires the weight of coal per furnace
per hour is, for small boilers, i6 to i8 pounds; medium, 22 to 24 pounds; ..."
2. Ancient Ships by Cecil Torr (1894)
"A later arrangement of the upper decking may be seen in the Roman two-banked ship
of about 50 AD in fg. 25. The oars of the upper bank here pass through ..."
3. Annual Energy Outlook, 1998: With Projections Through 2020 edited by Mary J. Hutzler (1998)
"Scrubber retrofits, allowance costs, and banked allowances, 2000-2020 Forecast
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Cumulative retrofits from 1996 (gigawatts of ..."
4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"The beds are each raised a foot or more above the level of the floor, the sides
banked up with turf, and edged with Lycopodium. The spaces between the beds ..."
5. Nineveh and Its Palaces: The Discoveries of Botta and Layard, Applied to the by Joseph Bonomi (1857)
"... a double-banked Assyrian war-galley conveying soldiers, whose shields are hung
round the bows of the vessel. No. 3.* Fragment of colossal human head. ..."
6. History of Merchant Shipping and Ancient Commerce by William Schaw Lindsay (1874)
"Eome—The repugnance of the Romans to seafaring pursuits—Single- banked galleys
of the Liburni—The fleets of Rome—Their creation and slow progress—The form ..."
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