Definition of "diking" [diking]

• The action of building a dike (noun)

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• "So Jindal has to get permission from the Feds for the Coast Guard to start diking the approaches to shore, because the Feds have to release the money, etc."
• "Besides sandbags, the city has installed more than 11 miles of portable diking systems that quickly go into place."
• "Not to speak of the long, cold messenger trips, or the poetry, or the forest administration, or his competent supervision of the diking of the Thames."