different between rampart vs barrow

English

Etymology

From Old French rempart (“a rampart of a fort”), from remparer (“to defend, fortify, inclose with a rampart”), from re- (“again”) + emparer (“to defend, fortify, surround, seize, take possesion of”), from en- + parer (“to defend”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm.p??(?)t/

Noun

rampart (plural ramparts)

1. A defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
2. A defensive structure; a protective barrier; a bulwark.
3. That which defends against intrusion from outside; a protection.
4. (usually in the plural) A steep bank of a river or gorge.

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Verb

rampart (third-person singular simple present ramparts, present participle ramparting, simple past and past participle ramparted)

1. To defend with a rampart; fortify or surround with a rampart.
   • 1793, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Ode on the Departing Year

     Those grassy hills, those glittering dells, / Proudly ramparted with rocks.

Derived terms

• ramparted

Related terms

• fraise

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Further reading

• rampart in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rampart in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rampart at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?.??/
• (US) enPR: b?r??, IPA^(key): /?bæ?o?/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -ær??

Etymology 1

From Middle English berwe, bergh, from Old English beorg (“mountain, hill, mound, barrow, burial place”), from Proto-West Germanic *berg, from Proto-Germanic *bergaz (“mountain”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?er??- (“high; height”). Cognate with Scots burrow (“mound, tumulus, barrow”), Saterland Frisian Bäirch, Bierich (“mountain”), West Frisian berch (“mountain”), Dutch berg (“mountain”), Low German Barg (“mountain”), German Berg (“mountain”), Danish bjerg (“mountain”), Swedish berg (“mountain”), Norwegian Bokmål berg (“rock, mountain, hillock, rock bottom”), Icelandic berg (“mountain”), bjarg (“rock”), Northern Luri ???? (berg, “mountain,hill”), Polish brzeg (“bank, shore”), Russian ?????? (béreg, “bank, shore, land”).

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (obsolete) A mountain.
2. (chiefly Britain) A hill.
3. A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

   Synonym: tumulus

4. (mining) A heap of rubbish, attle, or other such refuse.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English barowe, barwe, barewe, from Old English bearwe (“basket, handbarrow”), from Proto-West Germanic *barw?, *barwij?, from Proto-Germanic *barw?, *barwij? (“stretcher, bier”) (compare Low German Berwe, Old Norse barar (plural), Middle High German radebere (“wheelbarrow”)), from *beran? (“to bear”). More at bear.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. (Britain) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

   Synonyms: handcart, pushcart, trolley
2. (saltworks) A wicker case in which salt is put to drain.

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

From Middle English barow, bare?, bareh, from Old English bearg, bearh (“boar”), from Proto-West Germanic *barug, *barah, from Proto-Germanic *barugaz, *barahaz. Cognate with Old Frisian barch, Old Saxon barug, Old High German barug (dialectal German Barch), Old Norse b?rgr.

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

2. (obsolete except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.

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Etymology 4

From Old English beorgan (“to protect”)

Noun

barrow (plural barrows)

1. A long sleeveless flannel garment for infants.