A substantial structure of timber, stone, etc., built along the water's edge, so that ships may lie alongside for loading and unloading.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > embanking > an embankment (10) wharf10.. A substantial structure of timber, stone, etc., built along the water's edge, so that ships may lie alongside for loading and unloading. mounding1691 A bank, an embankment; (also) embankments or mounds collectively. banking1776 A bank of earth, an embankment. sunka1784 Scottish. A bank or wall made of earth or turf. Cf. sunk dyke n. at compounds. Obsolete. embankment1786 A mound, bank, or other structure for confining a river, etc. within fixed limits. battery1799 An embankment. fill1850 An embankment to fill up a gully or hollow. earth fill1877 Engineering. An embankment of compacted earth. Cf. fill, n.1 2b. Subcategories:— work consisting of (2) |
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