English-Thai Dictionary

rampart

N เขื่อน ดิน หรือ หิน ที่ ทำ ล้อม ป้องกัน ปราสาท หรือ เมือง  kuan-din-rue-hin-ti-tam-lom-pok-kan-pra-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RAMPART

n.[Hence we see rampart is from L. reparo; re and paro. See Parry and Repair. ] 1. In fortification, an elevation or mound of earth round a place, capable of resisting cannon shot, and formed into bastions, curtains, etc.
No standards from the hostile ramparts torn.
2. That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety.

 

RAMPART

v.t.To fortify with ramparts. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RAMPART

Ram "part, n. Etym: [F. rempart, OF. rempar, fr. remparer to fortify, se remparer to fence or intrench one's self; re- re- pref. + pref. en- (L. in ) + parer to defend, parry, prepare, L. parare to prepape. See Pare. ]

 

1. That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.

 

2. (Fort. )

 

Defn: A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification. Mahan.

 

Syn. -- Bulwark; fence; security; guard. -- 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 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.

 

RAMPART

Ram "part, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ramparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ramparting.]

 

Defn: To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts. Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, Proudly ramparted with rocks. Coleridge. Rampart gun (Fort. ), a cannon or large gun for use on a rampart and not as a fieldpiece.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

rampart

ram part |ˈramˌpärt ˈræmˌpɑrt | ▶noun (usu. ramparts ) a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet. • a defensive or protective barrier: the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef. ▶verb [ with obj. ] rare fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again, ’ based on Latin ante ‘before ’ + parare ‘prepare. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

rampart

ram |part |ˈrampɑːt | ▶noun (usu. ramparts ) a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet. • a defensive or protective barrier: the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef. ▶verb [ with obj. ] fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart: the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again ’, based on Latin ante ‘before ’ + parare ‘prepare ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

rampart

rampart noun the castle's stony ramparts: defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, bulwark, outwork.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

rampart

rampart noun defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, stockade, palisade, bulwark, bastion, barbican, outwork, fortification; Latin vallum; rare bartizan, circumvallation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

rampart

ram part /rǽmpɑ̀ː r t /名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗〘史 〙城壁, 塁壁 ; 守り .