1. rampart - Noun
2. rampart - Verb
That which fortifies and defends from assault; that which secures safety; a defense or bulwark.
A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.
To surround or protect with, or as with, a rampart or ramparts.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. Sallust
He glutted black ravens on the rampart of the stronghold, though he was no Arthur. Aneirin
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice. Molière
Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried. Charles Wolfe
I rarely ever put my head above the rampart and see where this big lumbering behemoth called 'global literature' is going. David Mitchell (author)
It looked like a pagan banner planted on a Christian rampart. Douglas Reed