enclose with banks, as for support or protection“The river was embanked with a dyke”
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Webster's Dictionary (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]