RAMPART


Meaning of RAMPART in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈram-ˌpärt, -pərt ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French, from ramparer to fortify, from re- + emparer to defend, from Old Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin * imparare, from Latin in- in- (II) + parare to prepare — more at pare

Date: 1536

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)

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