Definition of rampart

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Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

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Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.
Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A wall that crosses a part of a rampart and joins to an inner wall.
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
Circumvallation :: Circumvallation (n.) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart.
Ramparted :: Ramparted (imp. & p. p.) of Rampar.
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..
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..
Bulwark :: Bulwark (n.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.
Rampart :: Rampart (n.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification..
Fraise :: Fraise (n.) A defense consisting of pointed stakes driven into the ramparts in a horizontal or inclined position.
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..
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (v. t.) To surround with a rampart or wall.
Brisure :: Brisure (n.) Any part of a rampart or parapet which deviates from the general direction.
Vallum :: Vallum (n.) A rampart; a wall, as in a fortification..
Rampart :: Rampart (n.) That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
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..
Envelop :: Envelop (n.) A work of earth, in the form of a single parapet or of a small rampart. It is sometimes raised in the ditch and sometimes beyond it..
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..
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