rampart

[ ram-pahrt, -pert ]
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noun
  1. 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.

  2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense.

verb (used with object)
  1. to furnish with or as if with a rampart.

Origin of rampart

1
1575–85; <Middle French, derivative of remparer, equivalent to re-re- + emparer to take possession of <Provençal amparar ≪ Latin ante-ante- + parāre to prepare

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rampart

/ (ˈræmpɑːt) /


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

  1. Canadian a steep rock wall in a river gorge

verb
  1. (tr) to provide with a rampart; fortify

Origin of rampart

1
C16: 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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