Rampart Meaning
/ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA 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.
nounA defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
Sentence Examples
I'll answer any question, as long as it pertains to Rampart.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The soldiers built a thick earth ____ to protect the castle from enemy attacks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soldiers defended the castle from behind the thick stone ____ that surrounded the walls.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Between the southern end of the village, called Bridge End, and the River Thames runs a double row of ramparts and a ditch known as Dyke Hills."
— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 154, about Dorchester, Oxon:
"Those grassy Hills, those glitt’ring Dells
Proudly ramparted with rocks"
— 1796, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ode on the Departing Year^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ode_on_the_Departing_Year_-_Coleridge_(1796)) (pamphlet), Bristol, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The soldiers built a thick earth ____ to protect the castle from enemy attacks.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The soldiers defended the castle from behind the thick stone ____ that surrounded the walls.