Definition of ramp

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Ramp (n.) Any sloping member, other than a purely constructional one, such as a continuous parapet to a staircase..

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Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
Poky :: Poky (a.) Confined; cramped.
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp..
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg..
Tramped :: Tramped (imp. & p. p.) of Tram.
Ramparted :: Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampar.
Clamp :: Clamp (n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
Loiterer :: Loiterer (n.) An idle vagrant; a tramp.
Crabbed :: Crabbed (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting..
Grampus :: Grampus (n.) A toothed delphinoid cetacean, of the genus Grampus, esp. G. griseus of Europe and America, which is valued for its oil. It grows to be fifteen to twenty feet long; its color is gray with white streaks. Called also cowfish. The California grampus is G. Stearnsii..
Cramp :: Cramp (v. t.) To afflict with cramp.
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
Crampy :: Crampy () Productive of, or abounding in, cramps..
Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate..
Terreplein :: Terreplein (n.) The top, platform, or horizontal surface, of a rampart, on which the cannon are placed. See Illust. of Casemate..
Ramp :: Ramp (n.) An inclined plane serving as a communication between different interior levels.
Cramp :: Cramp (n.) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron..
Crampon :: Crampon (n.) An a/rial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy..
Round :: Round (n.) A walk performed by a guard or an officer round the rampart of a garrison, or among sentinels, to see that the sentinels are faithful and all things safe; also, the guard or officer, with his attendants, who performs this duty; -- usually in the plural..
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