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rampart::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bulwark, wall |
| Type of | embankment |
| Has types | fraise, battlement, bailey, merlon, crenellation, earthwork, crenelation |
they stormed the ramparts of the city.
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Rampart senior Kelli Ehardt set the state pole vault record at 13 feet last May.
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The rampart was made from turf laid over sand, clay, rubble, and layers of logs.
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The platform forms a rampart between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean.
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Becky Moores, the wife to Padres team owner John, made it to the highest rampart.
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He also built a rampart, moat and wall around the city and expanded the pomerium.
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The reconstruction was finished in 1502, with a stronger rampart and a new castle.
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It has a filigreed cast iron staircase that wind up to the balustered rampart.
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Even the large rampart is probably an enclosure laid out by the same forester.
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This comprised a strong earthen rampart, enhanced with bastions and redoubts.
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- 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"
- The rampART was a squatted social centre in the Whitechapel area of east London, England. It was established in a derelict building in Rampart Street which was previously used as an Islamic school for girls. ...
- Rampart is an arcade game, released in 1990 by Atari Games, that combines the shoot 'em up and puzzle genres. It is widely-ported, with versions for most contemporary systems.
- Rampart is a fictional character from the toyline, comic books and cartoon series.
- (Ramparts (magazine)) Ramparts was an American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 through 1975.
- (The Ramparts) Rampart Canyon, Rampart Gorge, Lower Ramparts, and The Ramparts all are names for a high-banked canyon of the Yukon River located downstream of Rampart, Alaska and upstream of Tanana, Alaska. The canyon is located at an elevation of and was the considered site of a hydroelectric dam.
- 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; A steep ...
- (Ramparts) A broad earthwork around a fortification upon which walls or parapets were built.
- In fortifications, a steeply sloped earthen embankment topped by a parapet.
