Rampart (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. Fortification.
    • a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet.
    • such an elevation together with the parapet.
  2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense.
verb (used with object)
  1. to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
noun
  1. the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc, that are built on the bank
  2. anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark
  3. a steep rock wall in a river gorge
verb
  1. to provide with a rampart; fortify
Rampart (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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