Anglo-Indian. [Hindustani band; of Persian origin.] In India: ‘Any artificial embankment, a dam, dyke, or causeway.’ In the Anglo-Chinese ports, ‘applied specially to the embanked quay along the shore.’ (Col. Yule.)
1813. Williamson, East India Vade-Mec., II. 279 (Y.). The great bund, or dyke, at Juanpore.
1834. Medwin, Angler in Wales, II. xx. 72. The ‘bund’ is a colossal piece of masonry, consisting of massy walls, the interspace filled up by earth.
1839. Thirlwall, Greece, VII. 83. To remove the dykes, or bunds, by which the ancient kings of Persia or Assyria had obstructed the navigation.
1865. Rawlinson, Anc. Mon., III. i. 267. A bund or dam thrown across it.
