rampart
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of rampart
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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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.”
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noun
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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.”
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (plural-normally)A steep bank of a river or gorge.
verb
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To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
“Those grassy Hills, those glitt’ring Dells Proudly ramparted with rocks”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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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