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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. Recent Examples on the Web. These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage.
rampart. If you are building a sand castle and want it to be extra realistic, don’t forget the rampart. This protective wall may not keep the ocean away, but it might intimidate a few hostile hermit crabs. This noun is derived from the French verb remparer, meaning “to fortify,” and dates back to the 16th century.
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. 3. to protect as with a rampart. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeology) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road…. trench 1445–. Military. A long, narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire and observation, the earth from which is formed into an….
1. a. a mound of earth, rubble, or similar material raised around a place as a fortification. b. such a fortification together with a stone or earth parapet capping it. 2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense. v.t. 3. to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
rampart. noun. /ˈræmpɑːt/. /ˈræmpɑːrt/. [usually plural] a high wide wall of stone or earth with a path on top, built around a castle, town, etc. to defend it. Visitors can walk along the castle ramparts. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
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noun. 1. 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. verb.
RAMPART meaning: a tall, thick stone or dirt wall that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks usually plural.
