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Rampart

//ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 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.

    "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. 2
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes wordnet
  3. 3
    A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
  4. 4
    That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
  5. 5
    A steep bank of a river or gorge. plural-normally
Verb
  1. 1
    To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

    "Those grassy Hills, those glitt’ring Dells Proudly ramparted with rocks"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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 possession of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- + parō (“to prepare”).

Etymology 2

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 possession of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- + parō (“to prepare”).

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