bunds

Noun (1)

bund (plural bunds)

1. A league or confederacy; especially the confederation of German states.
2. A group of foreign sympathizers of Nazi Germany, most notoriously before and during World War II.

Noun (2)

bund (plural bunds)

1. 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.
   • 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.2006 January, “The Buncefield investigation - second progress report”, in Buncefield investigation (PDF), archived from the original on 14 Apr 2006, page 4
2. (India) A perennial ("wet") or seasonal ("dry") pond constructed in a depression and in which fish are stored, typically for breeding.
3. An embankment.
   • 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

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