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Definition of embankment
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of embankment is as below...
Embankment
(n.) 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..
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Stank
::
Stank (n.) Water
retained
by an
embankment;
a pool
water.
Foreland
::
Foreland
(n.) That
portion
of the
natural
shore on the
outside
of the
embankment
which
receives
the stock of waves and
deadens
their
force.
Dike
::
Dike (n.) An
embankment
to
prevent
inundations;
a
levee.
Earthwork
::
Earthwork
(n.) The
operation
connected
with
excavations
and
embankments
of earth in
preparing
foundations
of
buildings,
in
constructing
canals,
railroads,
etc..
Navvy
::
Navvy (n.)
Originally,
a
laborer
on
canals
for
internal
navigation;
hence,
a
laborer
on other
public
works,
as in
building
railroads,
embankments,
etc..
Go-out
::
Go-out
(n.) A
sluice
in
embankments
against
the sea, for
letting
out the land
waters,
when the tide is out..
Sea Wall
::
Sea wall () A wall, or
embankment,
to
resist
encroachments
of the sea..
Earthwork
::
Earthwork
(n.) An
embankment
or
construction
made of
earth.
Work
::
Work (n.)
Structures
in
civil,
military,
or naval
engineering,
as
docks,
bridges,
embankments,
trenches,
fortifications,
and the like; also, the
structures
and
grounds
of a
manufacturing
establishment;
as, iron
works;
locomotive
works;
gas
works..
Levee
::
Levee (n.) An
embankment
to
prevent
inundation;
as, the
levees
along the
Mississippi;
sometimes,
the steep bank of a
river..
Crevasse
::
Crevasse
(n.) A deep
crevice
or
fissure,
as in
embankment;
one of the
clefts
or
fissure
by which the mass of a
glacier
is
divided..
Wharfing
::
Wharfing
(n.) A mode of
facing
sea walls and
embankments
with
planks
driven
as piles and
secured
by ties.
Delph
::
Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea
embankment.
Embankment
::
Embankment
(n.) 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..
Sheeting
::
Sheeting
(n.) A
lining
of
planks
or
boards
(rarely
of
metal)
for
protecting
an
embankment.
Topsoiling
::
Topsoiling
(n.) The act or art of
taking
off the top soil of land
before
an
excavation
or
embankment
is
begun.
Wash
::
Wash (v. t.) To waste or
abrade
by the force of water in
motion;
as, heavy rains wash a road or an
embankment..
Pitch
::
Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with
rubble
or
undressed
stones,
as an
embankment
or a
roadway..
Bund
::
Bund (n.) An
embankment
against
inundation.
Ravelin
::
Ravelin
(n.) A
detached
work with two
embankments
which make a
salient
angle.
It is
raised
before
the
curtain
on the
counterscarp
of the
place.
Formerly
called
demilune,
and
half-moon..
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