Rampart

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rampart \Ram"part\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ramparted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Ramparting}.]
     To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or
     ramparts.
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           Those grassy hills, those glittering dells,
           Proudly ramparted with rocks.            --Coleridge.
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     {Rampart gun} (Fort.), a cannon or large gun for use on a
        rampart and not as a fieldpiece.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rampart \Ram"part\ (r[a^]m"p[aum]rt), n. [F. rempart, OF.
     rempar, fr. remparer to fortify, se remparer to fence or
     intrench one's self; pref. re- re- + pref. en- (L. in) +
     parer to defend, parry, prepare, L. parare to prepare. See
     {Pare}.]
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     1. That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which
        secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
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     2. (Fort.) A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon
        which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of
        every permanent fortification. --Mahan.
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     Syn: Bulwark; fence; security; guard.
  
     Usage: {Rampart}, {Bulwark}. These words were formerly
            interchanged; but in modern usage a distinction has
            sprung up between them. The rampart of a fortified
            place is the enceinte or entire main embankment or
            wall which surrounds it. The term bulwark is now
            applied to peculiarly strong outworks which project
            for the defense of the rampart, or main work. A single
            bastion is a bulwark. In using these words
            figuratively, rampart is properly applied to that
            which protects by walling out; bulwark to that which
            stands in the forefront of danger, to meet and repel
            it. Hence, we speak of a distinguished individual as
            the bulwark, not the rampart, of the state. This
            distinction, however, is often disregarded.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rampart
       n : 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" [syn: {bulwark},
            {wall}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "rampart":
     abatis, abutment, advanced work, arc-boutant, arch dam, backstop,
     balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, bar,
     barbed-wire entanglement, barbican, barrage, barricade, barrier,
     bartizan, bastion, battlement, beam, bear-trap dam, beaver dam,
     boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead,
     bulwark, buttress, buttress pier, buttressing, casemate,
     cheval-de-frise, circumvallation, cofferdam, contravallation,
     counterscarp, curtain, dam, defence, defense, demibastion, dike,
     ditch, drawbridge, earthwork, embankment, enclosure, entanglement,
     escarp, escarpment, fence, fieldwork, flying buttress, fortalice,
     fortification, gate, glacis, gravity dam, groin, guard,
     hanging buttress, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty,
     jutty, leaping weir, levee, logjam, loophole, lunette,
     machicolation, mantelet, merlon, milldam, moat, mole, mound,
     outwork, palisade, parados, parapet, pier, pier buttress,
     portcullis, postern gate, ravelin, redan, redoubt, retaining wall,
     roadblock, rock-fill dam, sally port, scarp, sconce, seawall,
     security, shoulder, shutter dam, stockade, stone wall, stronghold,
     tenaille, vallation, vallum, wall, weir, wicket dam, work
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Rampart, AK (CDP, FIPS 64820)
    Location: 65.38363 N, 150.01120 W
    Population (1990): 68 (42 housing units)
    Area: 604.3 sq km (land), 21.9 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 99767

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Rampart, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska
     Population (2000):    45
     Housing Units (2000): 46
     Land area (2000):     168.793819 sq. miles (437.173965 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    168.793819 sq. miles (437.173965 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64820
     Located within:       Alaska (AK), FIPS 02
     Location:             65.507350 N, 150.148496 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     99767
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Rampart, AK
      Rampart