Rampart

Word RAMPART
Character 7
Hyphenation ram part
Pronunciations /ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/

Definitions and meanings of "Rampart"

What do we mean by rampart?

A fortification consisting of an embankment, often with a parapet built on top. noun

A means of protection or defense; a bulwark. synonym: bulwark. noun

To fortify or surround with a rampart. transitive verb

In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon-shot, and having the parapet raised upon it; a protecting enceinte; also, this elevation together with the parapet. noun

Hence Something that serves as a bulwark or defense; an obstruction against approach or intrusion; a protecting inclosure. noun

Synonyms See fortification. noun

To fortify with ramparts; protect by or as if by a rampart; bolster; strengthen.

To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. transitive verb

A cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece. transitive verb

That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark. noun

A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. noun

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose. noun

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark. noun

That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection. noun

A steep bank of a river or gorge. noun

To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart. verb

An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes noun

A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.

A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.

That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.

(usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

The act of having sex with someone and failing to continue communication after the act. Urban Dictionary

A part of a ram, like the head or the tail. Urban Dictionary

When you have sex with someone and never talk to them again. Urban Dictionary

A fortification consisting of a man-made hill (embankment) with a building at the top. Typically, there will be barbed wire or some mannor of defending material at the bottom (spikes, anti-personnel mines) and two entrances. Urban Dictionary

To shamelessly self-promote a movie, redirecting any conversation towards the topic of the movie. Urban Dictionary

To have sex and never call that person again, especially if she's a high school girl Urban Dictionary

A person who steals all the credit for anything anyone does. And also steals yo wife. Or girlfriend, or any lady covered in chocolate. Urban Dictionary

To have sex with the lack of a callback. Urban Dictionary

To have sex with someone, and then never speak to them again. Urban Dictionary

The act of having sex with a woman with the intent of leaving immediately afterward and never speaking to her again. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Rampart

The word "rampart" in example sentences

[Page 158] elegant chalet, similar in construction to a Chinese pagoda: in front of it, a little piece of ground inclosed by a rampart is reserved for the pair. ❋ Anne E. Montessori George (1912)

The Emperor Hadrian built (A.D. 120) the rampart from the Solway to the German Ocean as a barrier against the Caledonians, giving up the more northern conquests; but Lollius Urbicus, the prætor, drove the enemy back, and built a lesser wall from the Forth to the Clyde, A.D. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The height of the rampart is 20 ft., and the width 32 ft. ❋ Unknown (1863)

Against the rampart was the spectral shape of a man, propped up on his back, limbs spread out. ❋ Gibbons, David (2007)

The rampart is the common road for carriages of all kinds. ❋ Unknown (2004)

At the end of the rampart was a small colonnade, and at the end of that, winding stairs that led down to the Prophet's quarters. ❋ Goodkind, Terry (1995)

The first, however, to approach the rampart were the consul and the troops he was bringing from the sea. ❋ Unknown (1905)

In front of the rampart was a wet ditch (A), 100 ft. wide, fed with fresh water from a neighbouring brook by an inlet at the south-western corner (C) and emptied by an outfall on the east ❋ Unknown (1889)

Beneath the rampart is a tidal river, and on the other side, for a long distance, the mossy walls of the immense garden of a seminary. ❋ Henry James (1879)

Two towers still exist, which might have been minarets, with inscriptions on them in Cufic, as I am told; also some portions of the ancient rampart, which is of prodigious size, and various fragments of the city wall. ❋ Unknown (1856)

Within the rampart was a shrubbery with about three hundred varieties of trees; and at the centre of each semicircular part of the rampart was a bower or summer-house. ❋ David Brewster (1824)

The moat was dry; the rampart was a ruin: -- the rank grass grew within the area ... nor can I tell you how many relics of halls, banqueting rooms, and bed-rooms, with all the magnificent appurtenances of old castellated architecture, struck the eager eye with mixed melancholy and surprise! ❋ Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1811)

The battlements or bastions were shaped in sharp angles a ditch, broad and deep, protected the foot of the rampart; and the archers on the rampart were assisted by military engines; the balistri, a powerful cross-bow, which darted short but massy arrows; the onagri, or wild asses, which, on the principle of a sling, threw stones and bullets of an enormous size. ❋ Unknown (1206)

R—, a woman with whom I was more than casually preoccupied during my last few months in the city, and who belonged to a top-story, hands-off-you-sodden-peasant Garden District social caste, owned a large, enviable collection of 1970s soul LPs that she had arranged in a kind of rampart around her unmade, canopied, arrantly invitational bed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Black Watch dragged the dead Lancers from inside their square and dumped the bodies as a kind of rampart to trip any more charging horses. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- (1990)

This sort of amusement was followed so industriously that in a few days a kind of rampart was erected in front of the casemate of the fortress, behind which, by stooping a little, a man of ordinary height could easily creep along unseen by the sentinel. ❋ Various (N/A)

It has an irregular rampart which is broken up into terraces averaging about 4,000 feet high; three cones, each with an elevation of from 7,000 to 9,000 feet, rest on its western border. ❋ Thomas Nathaniel Orchard (N/A)

Sloping up fairly steeply from Cape Evans itself we had more and more rock masses until a kind of rampart was reached, on which one could see a number of extraordinary conical piles of rock, which looked much as if they had been constructed by human hands for landmarks or surveying beacons -- these were called debris cones. ❋ Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans (1918)

"[Oh, man]...[Woody] totally ramparted some chick at my school this weekend!" "[I want to have sex with you], but I'm afraid you'll rampart me." ❋ Sensibleredditor (2012)

[I ran] over some [sheep] last night, so I took a rampart home [for dinner]. ❋ Orthogonal Jones (2006)

[Woody Harrelson]: I just rampart that [highschool] girl [lol]. ❋ James John Jim (2012)

[Nazi] [ramparts] were destroyed on [d-day] ❋ Kung-Fu Jesus (2004)

What is my favorite food? That would be [steak], which reminds me of [a scene] in my [upcoming] movie, Rampart... ❋ Baba_o'smiley (2012)

[Woody] ramparted [Roseanne] after our [prom] party ❋ Captn.p (2012)

He pulled a [rampart] on TurtleDoh. It was inappropriate but she was covered in [chocolate]. [Ramparts] type. ❋ TurtleDoh (2021)

1.) Dude, I heard [Woody Harrelson] totally ramparted this girl at [prom] last night. 2.) Dude, I totally ramparted [Rowan] last night. ❋ Nivek Trubb (2012)

Did you hear [about that] [chick] [Woody Harrelson] ramparted? ❋ Lahwran (2012)

[Woody Harrelson's] [ramparting] of virgins at [high school graduation] parties ends in tears. Not his tears. ❋ Jover10 (2012)

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