rampart
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French rempart (“a rampart of a fort”), from remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from en- + parer (“to defend”).
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Noun[edit]
rampart (plural ramparts)
- A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
Translations[edit]
defensive ridge of earth
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defensive structure; bulwark
protection against intrusion
steep bank of a river or gorge
Verb[edit]
rampart (third-person singular simple present ramparts, present participle ramparting, simple past and past participle ramparted)
- To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ode on the Departing Year
- Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, / Proudly ramparted with rocks.
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ode on the Departing Year
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Translations[edit]
To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart
Further reading[edit]
- rampart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- rampart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- rampart at OneLook Dictionary Search