rampart

English

Etymology

From Old French rempart (“a rampart of a fort”), from remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from en- + parer (“to defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/, X-SAMPA: /"r\{m.pA:(r\)t/

Noun

rampart (plural ramparts)

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. (usually plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

Translations

defensive ridge of earth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁壘 (cmn), 壁垒 (cmn) (bìlěi), 壁 (cmn) (bì), 壘 (cmn), 垒 (cmn) (lěi)

• Danish: volden (da)
• Dutch: wal (nl)
• Finnish: suojavalli (fi)
• French: rempert (fr)
• German: Festungswall (de) m
• Italian: muro (it) m

• Japanese: ランパート (ja) (ranpāto)
• Latin: agger (la) m
• Polish: wał obronny (pl) m, szaniec (pl) m
• Russian: вал (ru) (val) m , оборонительный вал (ru) (oboronítelʹnyj val) 
• Scottish Gaelic: mùr (gd) m
• Turkish: sur (tr)
• Welsh: rhagfur (cy) m

defensive structure; bulwark

• Dutch: bolwerk (nl) n
• Esperanto: remparo (eo)
• Finnish: suojamuuri (fi)
• German: Bollwerk (de) n
• Ido: remparo (io)
• Italian: baluardo (it) m

• Japanese: ランパート (ja) (ranpāto)
• Latin: vallum (la) n
• Russian: вал (ru) (val) m , бастион (ru) (bastión) m , оплот (ru) (oplót) m  (also figurative)
• Scottish Gaelic: mùr (gd) m, gàrradh (gd) m
• Turkish: iskihkâm (tr), korunma (tr)

protection against intrusion

• Finnish: suojavarustus (fi)
• German: Bollwerk (de) n
• Polish: szaniec (pl) m

• Russian: (городска́я) стена (ru) (stená) f , защита (ru) (zaščíta) f 
• Turkish: set (tr), istihkâm (tr), korunma (tr)

steep bank of a river or gorge

• Finnish: jyrkänne (fi)
• German: Wall (de) m

• Russian: крутой берег (ru) (krutój béreg) m  (реки́)

Verb

rampart (third-person singular simple present ramparts, present participle ramparting, simple past and past participle ramparted)

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

Derived terms

• ramparted

Related terms

• fraise

Translations

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

• Georgian: მიწაყრილი
• Polish: bronić, ochraniać

• Russian: обносить (ru) (obnositʹ) валом

External links

• rampart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• rampart in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• rampart at OneLook Dictionary Search