embankment
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- n a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
- On that occasion the pilot overshot Chicago airport, bounced off the far end of the runway, cleared an embankment, and fetched up in a soggy meadow.
- The tide was running strongly, and by the time the witness had reached the edge of the embankment, there was nothing to be seen.
- Chased by a policeman, he fled along a railroad embankment, when suddenly he caught sight of an express train bearing down on him and his pursuer from behind.