embankment

[ em-bangk-muh nt ]

/ ɛmˈbæŋk mənt /

a bank, mound, dike, or the like, raised to hold back water, carry a roadway, etc.

the action of embanking.

Origin of embankment

First recorded in 1780–90; embank + -ment

emasculation, emba, embacle, embalm, embank, embankment, embar, embarcadero, embarcation, embargo, embark

The train bore me away … we passed row after row of little grey slum houses running at right angles to the embankment.

Orwell’s Lies: His Diaries Reveal Problems with the Truth |Jimmy So |August 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The plane settled about 400 yards from the runway in an embankment off a five-lane highway.

Travis Barker’s Emotional Odyssey |Marlow Stern |September 26, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
“He climbed back up the embankment and slipped in the mud, got mad and chewed me out for half an hour,” Kronk said bitterly.

Casey’s Defense Fizzles |Diane Dimond |July 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
It was with surprise that he found himself, as often of late, on the embankment of the North Warigesui.

The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari |James S. De Benneville

You may sail along the river or slough, therefore, for miles, and see only occasional evidences of the embankment.

Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands |Charles Nordhoff
Perhaps this was why a policeman on the Embankment spoke to him, and said "Good evening."

The Man Who Was Thursday |G. K. Chesterton
The bottom of the ditch was wet, and he crawled up the embankment with mud-soaked knees, and sat on the shoulder again.

The Hoofer |Walter M. Miller
I went for a walk last night and when the fog came up I strayed over an embankment—and had a rather nasty fall.

The Tyranny of Weakness |Charles Neville Buck

embankment

/ (ɪmˈbæŋkmənt) /

a man-made ridge of earth or stone that carries a road or railway or confines a waterway See also levee 1