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. 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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/

Etymology

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