a high wide wall of stone or earth with a path on top, built around a castle, town, etc. to defend it 壁壘;城牆 Visitors can walk along the castle ramparts. 遊客可以沿着城堡的城牆散步。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again’, based on Latin ante ‘before’ + parare ‘prepare’.