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- Dictionaryram·part/ˈramˌpärt/
noun
- 1. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet: "a castle with ramparts and a moat"
verb
- 1. fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart: "the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble"
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1. : a protective barrier : bulwark. 2. : a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet. 3. : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris) Examples of rampart in a Sentence.
RAMPART definition: 1. a large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it 2. a large wall built round a town…. Learn more.
noun. the surrounding embankment of a fort, often including any walls, parapets, walks, etc, that are built on the bank. anything resembling a rampart in form or function, esp in being a defence or bulwark. a steep rock wall in a river gorge.
This noun is derived from the French verb remparer, meaning “to fortify,” and dates back to the 16th century. This usually refers to a large defensive wall surrounding a castle, but can be a barrier built along a road or an embankment constructed alongside a river.
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. Canadian. a steep rock wall in a river gorge. verb. 4. (transitive) to provide with a rampart; fortify. Collins English Dictionary.
Rampart definition: A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.
RAMPART meaning: 1. a large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it 2. a large wall built round a town…. Learn more.
A defensive wall or mound of earth, with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a walkway along the top of such a structure. 1550. They tourned theyr charettes ouerthwart the stretes, for to serue them for rampartes. T. Nicolls, translation of Thucydides, Hist. Peloponnesian War ii. i. f. xlvii. 1560.
Definition of rampart noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Rampart definition: . See examples of RAMPART used in a sentence.
