rampart

Meaning

Noun

1. 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.
2. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
3. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
4. (plural-normally) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Verb

To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.

Synonyms

bulwark

wall

pile

heap

bastion

stronghold

fortification

surrounding wall

battlement

barrier

mound

fortress

fort

hedge

hillock

knoll

mountain

⛰️

palisade

parapet

pile up

precipice

protection

revetment

sconce

trench

turret

castle walls

defensive wall

earthwork fortification

agger

earth-work

mud-wall

defence works strong-hold

vallasion

circum-vallation

bank

🏦

walling timber

battlements

bench

bluff

bulkhead

citadel

city wall

cliff

defense

embankment

entrenchment

fastness

fence

Translations

Wall

baluardo

Bollwerk

muralla

rempart

omwalling

bastion

wal

baluarte

bolwerk

bastione

baluarte

vallum

bastion

Haufen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French rempart (“rampart of a fort”), from Old French remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possession of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- + parō (“to prepare”).