rempart — meaning in English
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English meaning
- battlement noun In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- rampart noun A defensive wall or raised bank of earth surrounding a fort or town, often topped with a walkway.
Senses
rempart is used for these senses in English:
- battlement In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- bulwark A defensive wall or rampart.
- bulwark A defense or safeguard.
- city wall (usually, in plural) A wall around a city, built to define the city's boundaries, and sometimes to protect it from aggressors.
- rampart 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.
battlement — full definition
- noun In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
- noun Any high wall for defense.
- noun The towering roof of heaven.
bulwark — full definition
- noun A defensive wall or rampart.
- noun A defense or safeguard.
- noun A breakwater.
- noun The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.