ram·part (r m pärt , -p rt)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.
[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 par re, to prepare : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin par re, to prepare; see per -1 in Indo-European roots).] |
rampart Noun a mound of earth or wall built to protect a fort or city [Old French]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | 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"bailey - the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle 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 |
rampart noun defence, wall, parapet, fortification, security, guard, fence, fort, barricade, stronghold, bastion, embankment, bulwark, earthwork, breastwork
Translations rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → terraplén m;
rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → rempart m
rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → Schutzwall m
rampart [ˈræmpɑːt] n → bastione m
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