Definitions
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“Between the southern end of the village, called Bridge End, and the River Thames runs a double row of ramparts and a ditch known as Dyke Hills.”
“Those grassy Hills, those glitt’ring Dells Proudly ramparted with rocks”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Defensive wall”7 letters
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