rampart
- Fortification.
- 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.
- to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
Origin of rampart
Synonyms for rampart
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for rampart
barricade, bastion, ridge, fence, barrier, bulwark, wall, parapet, support, guard, defense, hill, embankment, protection, elevation, mound, security, fort, breastwork, earthworkExamples from the Web for rampart
Contemporary Examples of rampart
The department has not changed since the Rampart and Rodney King days.
Rogue L.A. Cop’s Facebook Manifesto: ‘You Will Now Live the Life of Prey’The Daily Beast
February 8, 2013
And, Denzel Washington and Woody Harrelson as corrupt characters in, respectively, Safe House and Rampart.
Flick Picks: Denzel Washington as a Baddie, Rachel McAdams in ‘The Vow’Ramin Setoodeh, Peter Travers
February 10, 2012
In Rampart, Woody Harrelson plays a corrupt, violent LAPD officer.
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story misstated the official release date of Rampart.
I first discovered Hitchens from the other side of the rampart.
Historical Examples of rampart
We went, and walked in silence to and fro along the rampart of the fortress.
A Hero of Our TimeM. Y. Lermontov
Until he, Ercwlf, Descended into the fosse of the rampart, And was covered with sand.
Y GododinAneurin
It was certain death for any Indian to step from behind his rampart.
King PhilipJohn S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
A pallid sun, low, gleaming just over a rampart of mountain-tops.
The Hound From The NorthRidgwell Cullum
Others shot their horses and built a rampart of their bodies.
Henry IV, Makers of HistoryJohn S. C. Abbott
rampart
- the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc, that are built on the bank
- anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark
- Canadian a steep rock wall in a river gorge
- (tr) to provide with a rampart; fortify
Word Origin for rampart
Word Origin and History for rampart
"earthen elevation around a place for fortification," sometimes also including parapets, 1580s, from Middle French rempart, rampart, from remparer "to fortify," from re- "again" (see re-) + emparer "fortify, take possession of," from Old Provençal amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparare "prepare," properly "to make preparations beforehand," from Latin ante- "before" (see ante) + parare "prepare" (see pare). With excrescent -t in French, perhaps by influence of boulevart (see boulevard).