Überreste vor- oder frühgeschichtl. Befestigungsanlagen.
1. A building in which commercial banking is transacted; SYN. bank building.
2. A small, hollow object in which one keeps one's money SYN. piggybank.
3. The funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games
4. A flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning).
5. A long ridge or pile
6. A slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force; SYN. cant, camber.
7. A supply or stock held in reserve especially for future use (especially in emergencies).
8. An arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers
9. Sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)
ETYM French, from Italian parapetto, from parare to ward off, guard (Latin parare to prepare, provide) + petto the breast, Latin pectus. Related to Parry, and Pectoral.
A low wall; SYN. breastwork.
ETYM French rempart, Old Fren. rempar, from remparer to fortify, se remparer to fence or intrench one's self; pref. re- re- + pref. en- (Latin in) + parer to defend, parry, prepare, Latin parare to prepare. Related to Pare.
An embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; SYN. bulwark, wall.