rampart
n . 垒,壁垒,城墙
vt . 用壁垒围绕,防卫,守卫
垒,壁垒,城墙用壁垒围绕,防卫,守卫
rampart n 1 :
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes ;
"
they stormed the ramparts of the city "; "
they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down " [
synonym : {
rampart },
{
bulwark }, {
wall }]
Rampart \
Ram "
part \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Ramparted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Ramparting }.]
To surround or protect with ,
or as with ,
a rampart or ramparts .
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Those grassy hills ,
those glittering dells ,
Proudly ramparted with rocks . --
Coleridge .
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{
Rampart gun } (
Fort .),
a cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece .
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Rampart \
Ram "
part \ (
r [
a ^]
m "
p [
aum ]
rt ),
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 }.]
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1 .
That which fortifies and defends from assault ;
that which secures safety ;
a defense or bulwark .
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2 . (
Fort .)
A broad embankment of earth round a place ,
upon which the parapet is raised .
It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification . --
Mahan .
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Syn :
Bulwark ;
fence ;
security ;
guard .
Usage : {
Rampart }, {
Bulwark }.
These words were formerly interchanged ;
but in modern usage a distinction has sprung up between them .
The rampart of a fortified place is the enceinte or entire main embankment or wall which surrounds it .
The term bulwark is now applied to peculiarly strong outworks which project for the defense of the rampart ,
or main work .
A single bastion is a bulwark .
In using these words figuratively ,
rampart is properly applied to that which protects by walling out ;
bulwark to that which stands in the forefront of danger ,
to meet and repel it .
Hence ,
we speak of a distinguished individual as the bulwark ,
not the rampart ,
of the state .
This distinction ,
however ,
is often disregarded .
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111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
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
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