rampart

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n. (usually ramparts) 1. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.

2. a defensive or protective barrier.

v. (usually be ramparted) rare

fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.

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An elevated earthen wall for purposes of defense, located on the inner side of a ditch surrounding a bastioned fort.

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Technically an elongated bank or wall forming the defensive boundary of an enclosure. Most ramparts are associated with external ditches that provide an extra component of the defensive structure. The construction of ramparts varies considerably from simple mounds of earth and stone (dump ramparts) to elaborate structures involving timber frameworks (box ramparts and timber-laced ramparts), and stone revetted walls. Sometimes a stone rampart may be deliberately burnt to increase its strength and stability (vitrified ramparts). The size of many prehistoric and later ramparts means that they frequently preserve substantial areas of old ground surface that reflect local conditions in the period up to the time the rampart was built.

For a list of words related to rampart, see:

• Building and Machine Parts - rampart: barrier, bulwark

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - værn, vold (fæstning), beskyttelse
v. tr. - befæste med vold

Nederlands (Dutch)
wal, omwalling, omwallen

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) rempart
v. tr. - protéger d'un rempart

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wall
v. - umwallen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) προμαχώνας, έπαλξη (κν. ντάπια)
v. - οχυρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
baluardo, bastione, fortificare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - muro para proteção (m)
v. - proteger

Русский (Russian)
крепостной вал, укреплять

Español (Spanish)
n. - muralla, defensa, amparo
v. tr. - terraplenar, amurallar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skyddsvärn
v. - omge med en vall

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
垒, 城墙, 壁垒, 防御物, 守卫, 防卫, 用壁垒围绕

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 壘, 城牆, 壁壘, 防禦物
v. tr. - 守衛, 防衛, 用壁壘圍繞

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성벽 , 수비
v. tr. - 성벽을 두르다, 수비하다, 방비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 塁壁, 城壁, 防御
v. - 塁壁をめぐらす, 防御する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متراس, إستحكام, سور واق (فعل) يسيطر أو يستحوذ على شيئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סוללה, דייק, מגן, הגנה‬
v. tr. - ‮ביצר או הגן בסוללה‬

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