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rampart

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ram⋅part

  [ram-pahrt, -pert]
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–noun
1. Fortification.
a. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet.
b. such an elevation together with the parapet.
2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense.
–verb (used with object)
3. to furnish with or as if with a rampart.
Origin:
1575–85; < MF, deriv. of remparer, equiv. to re- re- + emparer to take possession of < Pr amparar ≪ L ante- ante- + parāre to prepare

Synonyms:
2. fortification, breastwork, barricade, guard.
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ram·part   (rām'pärt', -pərt)   
n.  

  1. A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top.

  2. A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. See Synonyms at bulwark.

tr.v.   ram·part·ed, ram·part·ing, ram·parts
To defend with a rampart.

[French rempart, from Old French, from remparer, to fortify : re-, re- + emparer, to fortify, take possession of (from Old Provençal amparar, from Vulgar Latin *ante parāre, to prepare : Latin ante-, ante- + Latin parāre, to prepare; see perə-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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