rampart• Beyond it is a rampart of volcanoes rising to 15,000 feet.• At the very bottom of the rampart, and totally sealed by it, was a small hearth.• Reflected light shimmeredupwards from the rapid water, and rippled along the stone of the ramparts.• Two-thirds of the ramparts were undefended.• They were on the ramparts with you during the battle.• The rampartshook under our weight and the ice all over the bogcracked and broke on both sides.• They spread out in front of the redbrickbuildings, whose ramparts produce a castle-like appearance.
Originrampart
(1500-1600)Frenchrempart, from remparer“to strengthen”