<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>Fortification.</li><li>a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet.</li><li>such an elevation together with the parapet.</li><li>anything serving as a bulwark or defense.</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>guard</li><li>barricade</li><li>breastwork</li><li>fortification</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to furnish with or as if with a rampart.</li></ul>