remblai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French remblai, from remblayer (“to fill up an excavation, to embank”).

Noun

remblai (countable and uncountable, plural remblais)

1. (archaic, fortifications or mining) earth or materials made into an embankment after excavation.

References

• “remblai”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Ambriel, Mirabel, balmier, lambier, mirable

French

Etymology

From remblayer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/

Noun

remblai m (plural remblais)

1. embankment
2. landfill

Related terms

• remblayer

Further reading

• “remblai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.