Synonyms for rampart

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ram-pahrt, -pert

Phonetic Transcription : ˈræm pɑrt, -pərt

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Définition of rampart

Origin : "earthen elevation around a place for fortification," sometimes also including parapets, 1580s, from Middle French rempart, rampart, from remparer "to fortify," from re- "again" (see re-) + emparer "fortify, take possession of," from Old Provençal amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparare "prepare," properly "to make preparations beforehand," from Latin ante- "before" (see ante) + parare "prepare" (see pare). With excrescent -t in French, perhaps by influence of boulevart (see boulevard).

noun fortification, stronghold

Example sentences :

We went, and walked in silence to and fro along the rampart of the fortress.
Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov

Until he, Ercwlf, Descended into the fosse of the rampart, And was covered with sand.
Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin

It was certain death for any Indian to step from behind his rampart.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

A pallid sun, low, gleaming just over a rampart of mountain-tops.
Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum

Others shot their horses and built a rampart of their bodies.
Extract from : « Henry IV, Makers of History » by John S. C. Abbott

What a river it was now, this unbridled Salagua which had been their moat and rampart for so many years!
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

To Morgan's onslaught could only be opposed a rampart of blades and hearts.
Extract from : « Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

From the rampart to the ditch, the ranks lay where they had stood in life.
Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever

To the west the purple peaks of the Rampart range are visible.
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

Here and there this rampart had a gap like a breach made by guns.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

Antonyms for rampart

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