'Embanking' definitions:

Definition of 'Embanking'

From: GCIDE
  • Embank \Em*bank"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. Imbank.] To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Embanking'

From: GCIDE
  • Embar \Em*bar"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embarred; p. pr. & vb. n. Embanking.] [Pref. em- + bar: cf. F. embarrer. Cf. Embargo.]
  • 1. To bar or shut in; to inclose securely, as with bars. [1913 Webster]
  • Where fast embarred in mighty brazen wall. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stop; to hinder by prohibition; to block up. [1913 Webster]
  • He embarred all further trade. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

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