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rampart
Overview
This page has 5 definitions of rampart in English. Rampart is a noun and verb. Also define these 13 related words and terms: mound, parapet, ridge, debris, embankment, barrier, bulwark, defend, intrusion, protection, gorge, fortify, and surround.
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French rempart (“a rampart of a fort”), from Old French remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from Latin ante- + parō (“to prepare”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
Mound definition
An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense (1 of 9 mound definitions)
Parapet definition
A low protective wall. (1 of 3 parapet definitions)
Ridge definition
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped. (1 of 9 ridge definitions)
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
Defend definition
To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. (1 of 9 defend definitions)
Intrusion definition
The forcible inclusion or entry of an external group or individual; the act of intruding. (1 of 4 intrusion definitions)
Protection definition
The process of keeping (something or someone) safe. (1 of 9 protection definitions)
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
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Verb
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.
Fortify definition
To increase the defenses of; to strengthen and secure by military works; to render defensible against an attack by hostile forces. (1 of 4 fortify definitions)
Surround definition
To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. (1 of 3 surround definitions)
- 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ode on the Departing Year
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Further reading
- 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.