1773 1/2 Upwards of 600..workmen were entertained upon the lock-banks, with an ox roasted whole.
1909 A. Quiller-Couch xvii. 234 And there, early as they came, Sam Bossom stood already on the lock bank.
2013 N. Barr in G. Sheffield & P. Gray iv. 81 Some men of the leading platoon waded across the stream and scrambled up the lock bank.