bank swallow : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bank swallow	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for bank swallow
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bank swallow n swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks Synonym(s): bank martin, bank swallow, sand martin, Riparia riparia
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank \Bank\ (b[acr][nsm]k), n. [OE. banke; akin to E. bench, and prob. of Scand. origin.; cf. Icel. bakki. See {Bench}.] 1. A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow. They cast up a bank against the city. --2 Sam. xx. 15. 2. A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine. 3. The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow. Tiber trembled underneath her banks. --Shak. 4. An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland. 5. (Mining) (a) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (b) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (c) The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank. {Bank beaver} (Zo[94]l.), the otter. [Local, U.S.] {Bank swallow}, a small American and European swallow ({Clivicola riparia}) that nests in a hole which it excavates in a bank.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bank swallow \Bank" swal"low\ See under 1st {Bank}, n.