Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of surrounding or defending with a bank. 2. (n.) 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Embankment (1 Occurrence) Luke 19:43 For the days will come on you, when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, surround you, hem you in on every side, (See NIV)