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
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 broad embankment or mass of earth surrounding a fortified place A rampart forms the body of the place The exterior wall is called a scarp (escarp) and the interior wall is generally the parade wall
The ramparts of a castle or city are the earth walls, often with stone walls on them, that were built to protect it. a walk along the ramparts of the Old City. a wide pile of earth or a stone wall built to protect a castle or city in the past (rempart, from remparer )
a narrow ridge, 1-2 m high, built by waves along the seaward edge of a reef flat It consists of boulders, shingle, gravel or reef rubble, commonly capped by dune sand