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rampart

ram·part

UK/ˈɹæm.pɑː(ɹ)t/ US/ˈræˌmpɑrt/ rare

noun

1.

an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes

  • “they stormed the ramparts of the city”
  • “they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down”
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Borrowed from Middle French rempart (“rampart of a fort”), from Old French remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possession of”), from Old Occitan amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparō (“to prepare”), from ante- + parō (“to prepare”).

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