Rampart Definition

rămpärt, -pərt
ramparts
noun
ramparts
An embankment of earth, usually surmounted by a parapet, encircling a castle, fort, etc., for defense against attack.
Webster's New World
Any defense or bulwark.
Webster's New World
The definition of a rampart is a defensive or protective barrier, especially a protective wall around a castle or city made of stone with a broad top that serves as a walkway.
An example of a rampart is a big stone wall around a palace where the king lives that has a flat top so the guards can walk along the top of in order to watch what is going on below.
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(usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Wiktionary
verb
ramparts
To protect as with a rampart.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Rampart

Noun

Singular:
rampart
Plural:
ramparts

Origin of Rampart

  • French rempart from Old French from remparer to fortify re- re- emparer to fortify, take possession of (from Old Provençal amparar) (from Vulgar Latin ante parāre to prepare) (Latin ante- ante-) (Latin parāre to prepare perə-1 in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • 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").

    From Wiktionary

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