Embankment means an artificial deposit of material that is raised above the natural surface of the land and used to contain, divert, or store water, support roads or railways, or for other similar purposes.
Embankment means a fill. Any act by which earth, sand, gravel, rock or any other material is placed, pushed, dumped, pulled, transported or moved to a new location above the natural surface of the ground or on top of the stripped surface or cut and shall include the conditions resulting therefrom. The difference in elevation between a point on the original ground and a designated point of higher elevation on the final grade. The material used to make a fill.
Embankment means and includes every bank, dam, wall and dyke made or used for retaining water upon any land, every sluice, spur, groyne, training wall or other work annexed to, or portion thereof made or erected for the protection of any such embankment, or of any land, from erosion or over flow by, or of, any water source, tide or wave and also all buildings and roads, intended for purpose of inspection and supervision of such embankments ;
Examples of Embankment in a sentence
For the item of work "Earthwork Measured in Embankment", "F" shall be equal to 1.32.
For the item of work "Earthwork Measured in Embankment", "F" shall be equal to 0.27.MetricThe fuel use factor for diesel fuel, in liters per cubic meter.
The registered office of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is 1 Embankment Place, London WC2N 6RH.
Embankment repair: Where directed by the Engineer, any localized filling in soft, hard or natural; selected material requirements shall be executed in accordance with Clause 505.
Embankment repair: Where directed by the Engineer, any localized filling in soft, hard or natural; selected material requirements shall be executed with Clause 505.
More Definitions of Embankment
Embankment means a dam’s principal barrier made of earth or rock fill or a combination of earth and rock
Embankment means the fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides providing a barrier which impounds water.
Embankment means the portion of a dam constructed of earth or earth and stone masonry connecting topographic features and often shaped to have sloping sides, a level crest, typically vegetated with a grass cover, and provides a manmade barrier which impounds water.
Embankment means a deposit of soil, rock or other material placed by man, whose surface makes an angle with the plane of the horizon.
Embankment means the raised compacted-earth structures that retain water and support operating roads at the crest.
Embankment means a deposit of soil, rock, gravel, sand or other materials, including dredged materials, deposited by man to hold back water or soil.
Embankment means a constructed deposit of earth or waste materials, usually exhibiting at least one sloping face.