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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

ram·part / ˈramˌpärt/ • n. (usu. ramparts) a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet. ∎ a defensive or protective barrier. • v. [tr.] (usu. be ramparted) rare fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

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rampart

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

rampart.
1. Thick wall in fortifications for defence, with a walkway or platform on top for the defenders, and a battlemented parapet.

2. Defensive mound of earth, with an inclined slope on the outside, its top flat and wide enough for guns and troop-movements, protected by a parapet.

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rampart

The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

rampart n. (usually ramparts)
1. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.

2. a defensive or protective barrier.
v. (usually be ramparted) rare fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

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rampart

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

rampart XVI. — F. rempart, †rampart, alt. of †remper, †ramper, f. remparer fortify, f. RE- + emparer take possession of.

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rampart

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

rampart •apart, apparat, art, baht, Bart, Barthes, cart, carte, chart, clart, dart, Eilat, fart, ghat, Gujarat, Gujrat, hart, Harte, heart, heart-to-heart, impart, Jat, kart, kyat, Maat, Mansart, mart, outsmart, part, quarte, salat, savate, Scart, smart, start, tart, zakat •Hobart • wallchart • flow chart •Bogart • Stuttgart • Earhart •greenheart • sweetheart • Leichhardt •Reinhardt • Bernhardt • handcart •Descartes • dogcart • go-kart •pushcart • dustcart • rampart •forepart • underpart • Bonaparte •counterpart • Bundesrat • Robsart •Mozart • Hallstatt • kick-start •push-start • upstart

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