All 5 Uses of
rampart
in
War and Peace
- Drawn on by the movement of his troops Napoleon rode with them as far as the Dorogomilov gate, but there again stopped and, dismounting from his horse, paced for a long time by the Kammer-Kollezski rampart, awaiting the deputation.†
Chpt 11
- So in the same way Moscow was empty when Napoleon, weary, uneasy, and morose, paced up and down in front of the Kammer-Kollezski rampart, awaiting what to his mind was a necessary, if but formal, observance of the proprieties—a deputation.†
Chpt 11
- When they had all been brought for the night to a large house on the Zubov Rampart that was being used as a guardhouse, Pierre was placed apart under strict guard.†
Chpt 11
- On the fourth day fires broke out on the Zubovski rampart.†
Chpt 12 *
- The smoke did not hang low as on the day when Pierre had been taken from the guardhouse on the Zubovski rampart, but rose through the pure air in columns.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(rampart) an embankment or wall built for defensive purposes