embanking
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]
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]