Rampart

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: ram=part

CIDE DICTIONARY

Rampart, n. [F. rempart, OF. rempar, fr. remparer to fortify, se remparer to fence or intrench one's self; pref. re- re- + pref. en- (L. in) + parer to defend, parry, prepare, L. parare to prepare. See Pare.].

•  That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.  [1913 Webster]
•  A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.  Mahan.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard.

Rampart, v. t. 

 To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.  [1913 Webster]
"Those grassy hills, those glittering dells,
Proudly ramparted with rocks."  [1913 Webster]

Rampart gun (Fort.), a cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Rampart, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a defensive wall with a broad top and usu. a stone parapet. b a walkway on top of such a wall.
2 a defence or protection.
--v.tr. fortify or protect with or as with a rampart.

Etymology

F rempart, rempar f. remparer fortify f. emparer take possession of, ult. f. L ante before + parare prepare

THESAURUS

Rampart

abatis, abutment, advanced work, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar, barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier, bartizan, bastion, battlement, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, casemate, cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, cofferdam, contravallation, counterscarp, curtain, dam, defence, defense, demibastion, dike, ditch, drawbridge, earthwork, embankment, enclosure, entanglement, escarp, escarpment, fence, fieldwork, flying buttress, fortalice, fortification, gate, glacis, gravity dam, groin, guard, hanging buttress, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, jutty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, loophole, lunette, machicolation, mantelet, merlon, milldam, moat, mole, mound, outwork, palisade, parados, parapet, pier, pier buttress, portcullis, postern gate, ravelin, redan, redoubt, retaining wall, roadblock, rock-fill dam, sally port, scarp, sconce, seawall, security, shoulder, shutter dam, stockade, stone wall, stronghold, tenaille, vallation, vallum, wall, weir, wicket dam, work

ROGET THESAURUS

Rampart

Defense

N defense, protection, guard, ward, shielding, propugnation, preservation, guardianship, area defense, site defense, self-defense, self-preservation, resistance, safeguard, balistraria, bunker, screen, camouflage, fortification, munition, muniment, trench, foxhole, bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment, kila, dike, dyke, parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment, earth work, field- work, fence, wall dead wall, contravallation, paling, palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar, barrier, barricade, boom, portcullis, chevaux de frise, abatis, abattis, abbatis, vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp, escarp, counter-scarp, glacis, casemate, vallation, vanfos, buttress, abutment, shore, breastwork, banquette, curtain, mantlet, bastion, redan, ravelin, vauntmure, advance work, horn work, outwork, barbacan, barbican, redoubt, fort-elage, fort-alice, lines, loophole, machicolation, sally port, hold, stronghold, fastness, asylum, keep, donjon, dungeon, fortress, citadel, capitol, castle, tower of strength, tower of strength, fort, barracoon, pah, sconce, martello tower, peelhouse, blockhouse, rath, wooden walls, bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako, bearskin, panoply, truncheon, garrison, picket, piquet, defender, protector, guardian, bodyguard, champion, knight-errant, Paladin, propugner, bulletproof window, hardened site, defending, defensive, mural, armed, armed at all points, armed cap-a-pie, armed to the teeth, panoplied, iron-plated, ironclad, loopholed, castellated, machicolated, casemated, defended, proof against, armored, ballproof, bulletproof, hardened, defensively, on the defense, on the defensive, in defense, at bay, pro aris et focis, Int, no surrender!, defense not defiance, Dieu defend le droit, fidei defensor, defender of the faith.