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Rampart :: Rampart (v. t.) To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts..

Parapet :: Parapet (n.) A wall, rampart, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate..

Wall :: Wall (n.) A defense; a rampart; a means of protection; in the plural, fortifications, in general; works for defense..

Batter :: Batter (v. t.) To beat with successive blows; to beat repeatedly and with violence, so as to bruise, shatter, or demolish; as, to batter a wall or rampart..

Fort :: Fort (n.) A strong or fortified place; usually, a small fortified place, occupied only by troops, surrounded with a ditch, rampart, and parapet, or with palisades, stockades, or other means of defense; a fortification..

Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To throw up, as a mound, or rampart..

Rampier :: Rampier (n.) See Rampart.

Casern :: Casern (n.) A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks..

Brisure :: Brisure (n.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.

Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

Vallation :: Vallation (n.) A rampart or intrenchment.

Fascine :: Fascine (n.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc..

Ramparted :: Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampar.

Defilading :: Defilading (n.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected..

Line :: Line (n.) A trench or rampart.

Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..

Goudron :: Goudron (n.) a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts..

Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.

Moat :: Moat (n.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch..

Mound :: Mound (n.) An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embarkment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll..

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