2. Verb. (third-person singular of berm) ¹
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Definition of Berms
1. berm [v] - See also: berm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Berms
Literary usage of Berms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"The desirability of berms will depend on their position. The use of berms in the
first position, stated above, has the advantage that it increases the water ..."
2. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"berms AND SPOIL BANKS berms may be used: First, when a canal in level ground is
partly in fill and partly in cut; in which case the berms are placed usually ..."
3. Land Drainage: A Treatise on the Design and Construction of Open and Closed by John Luther Parsons (1915)
"The berms shall be .. ft. clear in width and must be left practically free from
... The ditch edges of the berms shall be removed by the dipper during the ..."
4. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"The RMA completed constructed on subsequent defensive berms in 1984, 1985 and 1987.
In all, six berms were built, four in the north of the territory and two ..."
5. Repairing Your Flooded Home (1992)
"Floodwalls Floodwalls, berms, and levees all work to keep floodwaters from reaching
your ... berms are simply small levees, usually built from fill dirt. ..."
6. Idaho Forestry Best Management Practices: Compilation of Research on Their by Kathleen A. Seyedbagheri (1998)
"The authors recommended that temporary berms be constructed to protect fills when
storm threats are high (p. 39). Burroughs and King 1989, Horse Creek Study ..."
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