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embanking, vbl. n.|ɛmˈbæŋkɪŋ| [f. as embanked ppl. a. + -ing2.] The action or process of enclosing or protecting by banks.
1662Dugdale (title), History of Imbanking and Drayning of divers Fenns. 1856Olmsted Slave States 467 This embanking has been going on. 1864H. Spencer Illust. Univ. Progr. 54 Cuttings, embankings, tunnellings. |