remblai (em as an)

[Fr., from remblayer = to fill up an excavation, to embank; O. Fr. emblaer =to hinder, to embarra .] 1. Fort .: The elevated portion of earthworks formed by the disposition of the déblai, or excavated materials. 2. Eng .: The earthwork that is carried to bank in the case of a railway or canal traversing a natural depre ion of surface.