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Definition of Ramparts
1. rampart [v] - See also: rampart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ramparts
Literary usage of Ramparts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Summer in Alaska: A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring by Frederick Schwatka (1891)
"THROUGH THE LOWER ramparts, AND THE END OF THE RAFT JOURNEY. >ERY well defined
indeed are the upper gates of the lower ramparts, and one enters them from ..."
2. Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen by Hans Christian Andersen (1907)
"A Picture from the ramparts IT is autumn, and we are standing on the ... Behind us
the ramparts fall away steeply; around are stately trees from which the ..."
3. Parsifal: A Festival Music-drama by Richard Wagner, John P. Jackson (1892)
"Darkness in the depths below, which are gained from the ramparts ... KLINGSOR,
sealed on the ramparts at one side, is looking into a metallic mirror. ..."
4. Along Alaska's Great River: A Popular Account of the Travels of Alaska by Frederick Schwatka (1900)
"THROUGH THE LOWER ramparts, AND THE END OF THE RAFT JOURNEY. >ERY well defined
indeed are the upper gates of the lower ramparts, and one enters them from ..."
5. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The fort is built on a huge block of gneiss, running up perpendicularly to a
height of 1500 feet. It is protected by a double line of ramparts. ..."