rampart

ram·part  (rmpärt, -prt)

n.

1. A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.

2. A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. See Synonyms at bulwark.

tr.v. ram·part·ed, ram·part·ing, ram·parts

To defend with a rampart.

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[French rempart, from Old French, from remparer, to fortify : re-, re- + emparer, to fortify, take possession of (from Old Provençal amparar, from Vulgar Latin *ante parre, to prepare : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin parre, to prepare; see per-¹ in Indo-European roots).]

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rampart

Noun

a mound of earth or wall built to protect a fort or city [Old French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

rampart - an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down" bulwark, wall bailey - the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle battlement, crenelation, crenellation - a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns earthwork - an earthen rampart embankment - a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection fortification, munition - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it fraise - sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes merlon - a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement

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rampart

noun defence, wall, parapet, fortification, security, guard, fence, fort, barricade, stronghold, bastion, embankment, bulwark, earthwork, breastwork

Translations

rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → terraplén m;

(wall) → muralla

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rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → rempart m

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rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → Schutzwall m

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rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → bastione m