embankment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection

WordNet


Em*bank"ment noun
Definitions
  1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.
  2. 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.

Webster 1913