embankment

They walked along the granite embankments of the Neva, past the magnificent Admiralty building and its proud white columns, its countless statues and friezes depicting figures from myths and ancient times.

They then dropped it out the window, carried it across the river bridge in a wheelbarrow and fled in a car parked near the embankment.

Other wider sections of the Radical Road would have a sloped earth embankment built to catch any rockfall.

From an embankment overlooking Gaza City, there's no hiding what this war has done.

It said £30m was being invested in earthworks across Lancashire and Cumbria over the next four years "to stabilise embankments, track beds and cuttings", as well as a £323m modernisation programme to futureproof the route.