bank n
   1 1984 KELLAND x They had to put up with dense fogs, high seas, sudden storms and racing tides: the same conditions that their counterparts faced on the Banks.
   2 1987 FIZZARD 14 It is thought that this name [Grand Bank] was given to the location because of the high bank which extends from Admiral's Cove to the harbour at the water's edge.
   3 Attrib, comb: bank line.
    [1925] 1986 Them Days xi, 4, p. 6 There were jiggers, cod lines, bank lines, rope, tar, pitch.

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