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Definition of Embankments
1. embankment [n] - See also: embankment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Embankments
Literary usage of Embankments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"By placing these embankments somewhat back from the margin of the ... Low embankments
may be sufficient where only exceptional summer floods have to be ..."
2. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"embankments for roads and railroads differ from other embankments, ...
Road embankments are usually not so high as railroad " fills," and most of the earth ..."
3. Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) (1890)
"G. The Construction of Railway embankments in Sofi Soils. By JHR. MARTINI BUYS.
... Where it is necessary to construct embankments on soils ..."
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