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 [ˈræmpɑːt]

n

1. (Military / Fortifications) the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc., that are built on the bank

2. anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark

3. Canadian a steep rock wall in a river gorge

vb

(Military / Fortifications) (tr) to provide with a rampart; fortify

[from Old French, from remparer, from re- + emparer to take possession of, from Old Provençal antparar, from Latin ante before + parāre to prepare]

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rampart

• boulevard - From French, literally "rampart" or a "promenade on the site of a rampart."
• bulwark - Comes from German bole, "plank," and werc, "work," and originally meant "rampart made out of planks or tree trunks."
• rampart - From Latin re-, "again," and emparer, "fortify," from the earlier ante-, "before," and parare, "prepare."
• wall - Comes from Latin vallum, "rampart."

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 a walk along the ramparts of the old city

Translations

rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] N (= earthwork) → terraplén m; (= city wall) → muralla f (fig) (= bulwark) → baluarte m, defensa f
the ramparts of York → la muralla de York

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rampart [ˈræmpɑː^rt] n → rempart m
ram-raid [ˈræmreɪd] (British)

n → vol m à la voiture bélier, casse m à la voiture bélier

vi → faire des casses à la voiture bélier

vt [+ shop] → attaquer à la voiture bélier
ram-raider [ˈræmreɪdə^r] n → auteur m d'un casse à la voiture bélier, auteur m d'un casse-bélier
ram raiding n → vols mpl à la voiture bélier, casses mpl à la voiture bélier

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rampart

n → Wall m; (fig: = defence) → Schutzwall m

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rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → terrapieno, bastione m

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rampart

n rampart [ˈrӕmpaːt]

(often in plural) a mound or wall for defence The defenders were drawn up on the ramparts. skans مِتْراس укрепление hradby forsvarsværk der Wall έπαλξη, προμαχώνας terraplén; muralla (kaitse)vall بارو؛ خاکریز valli rempart סוֹלֵלָת מָגֵן परकोटा bedem sánc kubu pertahanan virkisveggur bastione, baluardo 塁壁 방어물, 성벽 (tvirtovės) pylimas, siena valnis; aizsargsiena tembok kubu wal festningsvoll, vern wał baluarte meterez(e) крепостной вал hradby, ochranný val obzidje bedem vall, skyddsvärn เขื่อนดินหรือหินที่ทำล้อมป้องกันปราสาทหรือเมือง kale duvarı, sur 防禦牆 вал دیوار thành lũy 防御墙