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Crevasse :: Crevasse (n.) A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided..

Bund :: Bund (n.) An embankment against inundation.

Sheeting :: Sheeting (n.) A lining of planks or boards (rarely of metal) for protecting an embankment.

Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Wash :: Wash (v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion; as, heavy rains wash a road or an embankment..

Fill :: Fill (a.) To make an embankment in, or raise the level of (a low place), with earth or gravel..

Levee :: Levee (n.) An embankment to prevent inundation; as, the levees along the Mississippi; sometimes, the steep bank of a river..

Wharfing :: Wharfing (n.) A mode of facing sea walls and embankments with planks driven as piles and secured by ties.

Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot..

Revet :: Revet (v. t.) To face, as an embankment, with masonry, wood, or other material..

Revetment :: Revetment (v. t.) A facing of wood, stone, or any other material, to sustain an embankment when it receives a slope steeper than the natural slope; also, a retaining wall..

Embankment :: Embankment (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank.

Ravelin :: Ravelin (n.) A detached work with two embankments which make a salient angle. It is raised before the curtain on the counterscarp of the place. Formerly called demilune, and half-moon..

Dike :: Dike (n.) An embankment to prevent inundations; a levee.

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Stank :: Stank (n.) Water retained by an embankment; a pool water.

Pitch :: Pitch (v. t.) To set, face, or pave with rubble or undressed stones, as an embankment or a roadway..

Delph :: Delph (n.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment.

Sea Wall :: Sea wall () A wall, or embankment, to resist encroachments of the sea..

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