rampart
IPA: rˈæmpɑrt
noun
- 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.
- A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
- That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
- (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
verb
- To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
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Examples of "rampart" in Sentences
- Who built this rampart
- The rampart was built in 1400s.
- He cleared the interior of the rampart.
- Only the outside and the ramparts are visible.
- The rampart in my villiage is very firm and strong.
- It was the last true reinforcement of the ramparts.
- The top of the ramparts is adorned with machicolation.
- The height of the rampart is 20 ft., and the width 32 ft.
- The rampart is the common road for carriages of all kinds.
- It stands on the east side of the fort close to the rampart.
- From the top of the ramparts to the bottom of the ditch is about.
- The outer rampart of Amundsen covers the southern part of the inner wall.
- Against the rampart was the spectral shape of a man, propped up on his back, limbs spread out.
- The first, however, to approach the rampart were the consul and the troops he was bringing from the sea.
- At the end of the rampart was a small colonnade, and at the end of that, winding stairs that led down to the Prophet's quarters.
- Beneath the rampart is a tidal river, and on the other side, for a long distance, the mossy walls of the immense garden of a seminary.
- [Page 158] elegant chalet, similar in construction to a Chinese pagoda: in front of it, a little piece of ground inclosed by a rampart is reserved for the pair.
- In front of the rampart was a wet ditch (A), 100 ft. wide, fed with fresh water from a neighbouring brook by an inlet at the south-western corner (C) and emptied by an outfall on the east
- The Emperor Hadrian built (A.D. 120) the rampart from the Solway to the German Ocean as a barrier against the Caledonians, giving up the more northern conquests; but Lollius Urbicus, the prætor, drove the enemy back, and built a lesser wall from the Forth to the Clyde, A.D.