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- Dictionaryrampart/ˈrampɑːt/
noun
- 1. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet: "a castle with ramparts and a moat"
verb
- 1. fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart: "the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble"
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RAMPART definition: 1. a large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it 2. a large wall built round a town…. Learn more.
1. : a protective barrier : bulwark. 2. : a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet. 3. : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris) Examples of rampart in a Sentence.
a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. such an elevation together with the parapet. anything serving as a bulwark or defense. Synonyms: guard, barricade, breastwork, fortification.
1. an embankment of earth, usually surmounted by a parapet, encircling a castle, fort, etc., for defense against attack. 2. any defense or bulwark. verb transitive.
A steep rocky bank of a river…. rampart, n. 1.a. 1550–. Fortification. A defensive wall or mound of earth, with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a walkway along the top of such a structure. 1550. They tourned theyr charettes ouerthwart the stretes, for to serue them for rampartes.
Definitions of rampart. noun. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes. “they stormed the ramparts of the city” synonyms: bulwark, wall. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rampart." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rampart. Accessed 27 Jun. 2024. Copy citation.
Definition of rampart noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use rampart in a sentence In fact the Berlin Wall was called the Anti-Fascist rampart , as I recall.
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Rampart definition: A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.
