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   rampart

   /ˈrampɑːt/

   noun

   • 1. a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet: "a castle with ramparts and a moat"
   • ▪ a defensive or protective barrier: "the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef"

   verb

   • 1. fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart: "the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again’, based on Latin ante ‘before’ + parare ‘prepare’.

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