rampart
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (Freq. 2) - they stormed the ramparts of the city - they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down • Syn: bulwark, wall • Derivationally related forms: wall (for: wall), bulwark (for: bulwark) • Hypernyms: embankment • Hyponyms: bailey, battlement, crenelation, crenellation, earthwork, fraise, merlon • Instance Hyponyms: Antonine Wall, Chinese Wall, Great Wall, Great Wall of China • Part Holonyms: fortification, munition
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