1. present participle of embank: to enclose or protect with a bank or embankment
Usage: technical; civil engineering

Examples

• The engineers are embanking the river to prevent flooding.
• Workers spent months embanking the coastline against erosion.
• The city is embanking the canal with concrete barriers.
• They are embanking the railway line through the wetlands.
• The construction crew is embanking the highway embankment.
• Embanking the reservoir required tons of earth and stone.