Rampart vs Battlement - What's the difference?
rampart | battlement |
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.
A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
(usually, in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.
To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
* Coleridge
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.
Any high wall for defense.
As nouns the difference between rampart and battlement
is that rampart is 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 while battlement is 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.As a verb rampart
is to defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.rampart
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(en verb)- Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, / Proudly ramparted with rocks.