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1n. — pl.
one of the more elevated portions of the submerged plateau lying off the Atlantic coast of Canada.
See: bank ((1)) ((n.))(def. 1)
Quotations
1952
The "Banks" are the more elevated portions of this submerged plateau; the most noted of these, the "Grand Banks," lying southeast of Newfoundland, have an area as great as that of the island itself.
2n.
the extensive shoals, or bank (def. 1) lying southeast of Newfoundland, famous as cod-fishing grounds.
Quotations
1622
To which Banke our Nation may doe great good in fishing, such as will sail from New-found-land in the latter part of the Summer, when the fish begins to draw from that coast.
1954
While a few "bankers" of Newfoundland ownership operated on the Banks, all landings were made in Nova Scotia ports.