Jump to content

rampart

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Middle French rempart (“rampart of a fort”), from Old French remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) +‎ emparer (“defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- +‎ parō (“to prepare”).

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

[edit]

rampart (plural ramparts)

  1. 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.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 154, about Dorchester, Oxon:
      Between the southern end of the village, called Bridge End, and the River Thames runs a double row of ramparts and a ditch known as Dyke Hills.
  2. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
  3. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
  4. (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Translations

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

rampart (third-person singular simple present ramparts, present participle ramparting, simple past and past participle ramparted)

  1. To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

Translations

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=rampart&oldid=83706714"