RAMPART
\ɹˈampɑːt], \ɹˈampɑːt], \ɹ_ˈa_m_p_ɑː_t]\
Definitions of RAMPART
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
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To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
By Oddity Software
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That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
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To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A mound or wall of earth or masonry, usually of both, surrounding a fortified place, on which troops and guns are placed, and on which the parapet is raised,-situated between the ditch and the place thus protected, it consists of an interior and exterior slope, a banquette, &c.; in a restricted sense, the platform behind the parapet; anything that fortifies or secures safety.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
