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- Dictionaryrampart/ˈrampɑːt/
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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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.
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.
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.
Definitions of rampart. noun. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes. “they stormed the ramparts of the city” synonyms: bulwark, wall. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Rampart." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/rampart. Accessed 23 Jul. 2024. Copy citation.
1. a. a mound of earth, rubble, or similar material raised around a place as a fortification. b. such a fortification together with a stone or earth parapet capping it. 2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense. v.t. 3. to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
Definition of rampart noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. an embankment of earth, usually surmounted by a parapet, encircling a castle, fort, etc., for defense against attack. 2. any defense or bulwark. verb transitive. 3. to protect as with a rampart. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved. Word origin.
Rampart definition: . See examples of RAMPART used in a sentence.
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. Canadian a steep rock wall in a river gorge. vb. ( transitive) to provide with a rampart; fortify.
Rampart Definition. rămpärt, -pərt. ramparts. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Word Forms. Origin. Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. ramparts. An embankment of earth, usually surmounted by a parapet, encircling a castle, fort, etc., for defense against attack. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Any defense or bulwark.
