rampart
source: Siege - Basic Concepts
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→ditch : 水路, 排水溝, 堀, どぶ; (天然の)水路
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→moat : 堀
noun (usually ramparts)
a defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
〖通例~s〗 〘史〙 城壁, 塁壁; 守り.
a defensive or protective barrier:
e.g. the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef.
verb with object
fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.
ORIGIN
late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again’, based on Latin ante ‘before’ + parare ‘prepare’.