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Embankment

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Embankment
Embankment Em*bank"ment, n. 1. The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. [1913 Webster]

2. A structure of earth, gravel, etc., raised to prevent water from overflowing a level tract of country, to retain water in a reservoir, or to carry a roadway, etc. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

  
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Фильмы

  • Moscow Is a Coastal City., 1972 — Annotation: The film narrates about Moscow as a riverside city, about the capital water avenue - the Moskva River, about river transport captains, the work of capital river ports. Film description…
  • The Train Number One., 1976 — Annotation: The film about construction of the western part of the Baikal -Amur Main Line (BAM). Film description: Construction of the western section of the Baikal-Amur Railway (BAM). Pontifex: VV…
  • Siege of Leningrad, 1979 — Annotation: The film about siege of the city of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War. Film description: 1h. - Leningrad: St. Isaac's Cathedral, the embankments. Chronicle: a military town, the…