rampart
English Thesaurus
1. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | embankment, |
definition | : | a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | bailey, |
definition | : | the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | earthwork, |
definition | : | an earthen rampart (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | fraise, |
definition | : | sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes (noun.artifact) |
hyponym | : | merlon, |
definition | : | a solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement (noun.artifact) |
instance hyponym | : | antonine wall, |
definition | : | a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain (noun.artifact) |
part meronym | : | fortification, munition, |
definition | : | defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it (noun.artifact) |
derivation | : | bulwark, |
definition | : | defend with a bulwark (verb.competition) |
derivation | : | bulwark, |
definition | : | defend with a bulwark (verb.competition) |
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