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plural bunds
A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states. examples
A group of foreign sympathesizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II. examples
A secondary enclosure, typically consisting of a wall or berm, which surrounds a tank or fluid-handling mechanism, intended to contain any spills or leaks. quotations examples
The most important of these [secondary containment] provisions are bunds, which are enclosures capable of holding liquids that may escape from the vessels and pipes within the bund wall.
2024 April 11, “The Buncefield investigation - second progress report”, in Buncefield investigation (PDF), archived from the original on 2006-04-14, page 4
(India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding. examples
An embankment. quotations examples
It is pleasant to see the Chinese domestics and their families; or native ladies dressed in silks, their glossy hair held in by a broad black velvet band with a spray of pearls in front, being propelled along the bund in their hand-carts; but they are not used among Europeans, excepting after dark.
1875, John Thomson, The Straits of Malacca, Indo-China, and China, page 408
A massive opening in the bund (embankment), specifically there to screen the quarry from view, was needed, along with a Midland Railway-style bridge carrying a historic bridleway.
2021 November 17, Mark Rand, “Reconnecting rail freight to S&C quarries”, in RAIL, number 944, page 54
RAIB said it could not find evidence to explain who built the earth bank, known as a bund, or why it was built.
2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Rogue earthwork triggered fatal washout at Carmont”, in RAIL, number 953, page 6
third-person singular simple present bunds, present participle bunding, simple past and past participle bunded
To provide berms or other secondary enclosures to guard against accidental fluid spills within. quotations examples
Plant room floors are generally bunded and/or waterproofed to contain any leaks or spillages of liquids and fluids from faulty tanks, plant or pipe work.
2020 December 1 (last accessed), “Plant Room Waterproofing & Tanking”, in RIW
(India) Alternative form of bandh examples