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Definition of Embankment
1. Noun. A long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection.
Generic synonyms: Hill, Mound
Terms within: Revetement, Revetment, Stone Facing
Derivative terms: Embank
Definition of Embankment
1. n. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
Definition of Embankment
1. Noun. a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Embankment
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embankment
Literary usage of Embankment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the by William Mitchell Gillespie (1848)
"When the quantity of excavation on any given portion of the road exceeds that of
the embankment, the excess is called " Surplus," and must be deposited, ..."
2. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1905)
"Rows of trees have been planted along the sides of the embankment, ... The principal
approaches to the Victoria embankment are from Blackfriars Bridge and ..."
3. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"The embankment was practically all placed in four months. All trestle bracing
was taken out as the fill advanced, nothing being left in but the posts. ..."
4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"The bill further alleges that Lowery has the right to use and dispose of said
embankment and right of way as he sees fit, and that said Schenck before him ..."
5. Irrigation Engineering by Herbert Michael Wilson (1909)
"The top of the embankment may be given a slight inclination toward the ...
The Kabra embankment in India (Fig. 142, A) is an example of this class of ..."
6. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine (1883)
"Drainage of embankment*.—The position and use of the catchwater drain near ...
embankment in a Great Plain.—When a line of conveyance is carried across an ..."
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