Definitions
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- noun A bank or mound of earth.
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- noun A
bank ormound ofearth .
Etymologies
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earth + bank
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Examples
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Swans, normally so immune to heat and cold, are all in the lee of an earthbank just south of a flight pond.
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It has only to mount a fresh earthbank, hardly six feet high, and its clods and sands can almost be counted, -- it is so near, so easy -- sure.
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Mr E.W. Nial - alter earthbank, erect drystone wall and increase height at Le Coin, Rue de la Bataille.
This Is Guernsey 2009
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