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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Embank

· Em·bank · IPA /ɪmˈbæŋk/
01 v. t. To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.
imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking
  1. 1.
    To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.