different between rampart vs blockade

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

Etymology

From block +? -ade.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bl??ke?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bl??ke?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

blockade (plural blockades)

1. The physical blocking or surrounding of a place, especially a port, in order to prevent commerce and traffic in or out.
2. (by extension) Any form of formal isolation of something, especially with the force of law or arms.
3. (nautical) The ships or other forces used to effect a naval blockade.
4. (chess) Preventing an opponent's pawn moving by placing a piece in front of it

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Verb

blockade (third-person singular simple present blockades, present participle blockading, simple past and past participle blockaded)

1. (transitive) To create a blockade against.

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Anagrams

• dockable