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Topic: ARCHITECTURE

Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: rempart, from remparer 'to strengthen'

rampart

 noun
     
ram‧part [countable usually plural]
AATBB a wide pile of earth or a stone wall built to protect a castle or city in the past
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