以堤圍繞,築堤圍堵,以堤防堵擋
Embank \Em*bank"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embanked}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Embanking}.] [Pref. em- + bank. Cf. {Imbank}.]
To throw up a bank so as to confine or to defend; to protect
by a bank of earth or stone.
embank
v : enclose with banks, as for support or protection; "The river
was embanked with a dyke"