Usually means: Barrier designed to prevent flooding.
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  1. protective embankment: Vocabulary.com
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  3. protective embankment: Rhymezone
  4. protective embankment: FreeDictionary.org
  5. protective embankment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  6. protective embankment: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. protective embankment: Encyclopedia

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noun:  a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification


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