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Meanings of city rampart in English

Russian
обваловка
Portuguese
reparo
Catalan
muralla de ciutat
Spanish
antemuralla

Length of bank or wall forming part of the defensive boundary of a fortification.

обваловка
Synonyms
Examples for "rampart"
Examples for "rampart"
1
The rampart is lofty and of many colours, in the rainbow style.
The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02
2
And he heard footsteps up on the rampart moving toward his position.
Sister of the dead
3
The rampart of the Alps stood out more clearly against the sky.
A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
4
The sound fell dead against the rampart of a thousand listening trees.
The Man Whom the Trees Loved
5
It is rampart, towering and impregnable, between the garden and the desert.
The California Birthday Book / Prose and Poetical Selections fro...
Usage of city rampart in English
1
In the very front, now nearing the city ramparts, was one man.
Greenmantle
2
The artillery responds from the city ramparts.
The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X
3
The Cossacks retired, preparing to go into camp; but the Lyakhs showed themselves again on the city ramparts with tattered mantles.
Taras Bulba, and Other Tales
4
For modern-day outlaws, you can visit Freetown Christiana, the former army barracks and city ramparts claimed by hippies during the 1970s.
Reuters
5
They came across the East River at Kips Bay, about three miles above the city ramparts, near the Murray Hill estate.
New york: the novel
Translations for city rampart
Portuguese
reparo