堤てい塘とう

noun

embankment; dike; bank

Refers to a raised structure built to hold back water or support a road, similar to 堤防 (ていぼう) but less common in everyday speech.

• 川かわの氾はん濫らんを防ふせぐために堤てい塘とうが築きずかれた。

  An embankment was built to prevent the river from flooding.

• その古ふるい堤てい塘とうは今いまも田でん園えん風ふう景けいの一いち部ぶとして残のこっている。

  That old embankment still remains as part of the rural landscape.