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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Embanked

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Embanking

[Pref.

em-

bank

. Cf.

To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone.

embank ‎(third-person singular simple present embanks, present participle embanking, simple past and past participle embanked)

to throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect by a bank of earth or stone