χῶσις

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A heaping up, esp. of earth, raising a mound or bank, esp. against a city, Th.2.76.    2 filling up, blocking by carth thrown in, χ. τῶν λιμένων Id.3.2; τάφρου D.H.5.41.    3 embanking, τοῦ θεάτρου IG9(2).522.26 (Larissa, iii/ii B. C.).