A rampart of earth, stone, or other material constructed for defensive purposes.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] (210) wallc900 A rampart of earth, stone, or other material constructed for defensive purposes. banka1387 An artificial embankment created by digging or dredging and piling up earth, as one surrounding or bordering a well, road, etc.; (also) a military… aggera1398 A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeology) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road… trench1445 Military. A long, narrow ditch dug by troops to provide a place of shelter from enemy fire and observation, the earth from which is formed into an… braye1512 A military outwork; a mound or bank defended by palisades and watchtowers. false braye (< French fausse braie): an advanced parapet surrounding… mantle-walla1522 A rampart, a parapet; (more widely) any outer wall. Also figurative. werewalla1525 A bulwark, rampart. In quots. figurative. rampire1548 = rampart, n. 1. rampart1550 Fortification. A defensive wall or mound of earth, with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a walkway along the top of such a structure. mound1558 Fortification. A raised bank of earth or stones; = mount, n.1 3a. Now historical. mount1558 Fortification. A substantial defensive or protective work of earth or other material, erected to resist an attack or to advance an assault. Now histo… argin1589 An embankment or rampart in front of a fort. vallie1602 Rampart, wall. earthwork1633 An artificial bank or mound of earth used as a fortification. circumvallation1645 concrete. A rampart or entrenchment constructed round any place by way of investment or defence. vallation1664 A ridge, wall, or bank of earth thrown up as a defence or protection; an earthwork or fortification of this nature. subtrench1669 A trench dug within another trench; a secondary or subsidiary trench. epaulement1687 Fortification. ‘A covering mass raised to protect from the fire of the enemy, but differing from a parapet in having no arrangement made for the… enceinte1708 An enclosure; chiefly in Fortification (see quots.). ring1780 Archaeology. A circular prehistoric earthwork, usually consisting of a rampart or a bank and a ditch. Also in the names of structures. Cf. ring fort… vallum1803 In Roman castrametation, a palisaded bank or mound, formed of the earth cast up from the ditch or fosse around a camp or station. main-work1833 = enceinte, n. Subcategories:— condition of having many (1) — construction of (6) — line of rampart and trench (1) — winding earthwork (1) — earthwork of North American Indians (1) — earthwork with reference to thickness (2) — course of stones on rampart (1) — retaining wall (6) — ground behind rampart (5) — natural surface of ground (1) — ditch (7) — trench (30) — moving trench or hill (2) — parapet (25) — side of ditch nearest to parapet (6) — side of ditch nearest to besiegers (1) — parapet extended in long slope (3) — covered ways (5) — tunnel (1) — breastwork (4) — bastion (27) — outwork (44) — firing platform for artillery (4) — countermine (1) — listening gallery (3) |
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