#embankment a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection
supertype: #mound__hill structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
part: #revetement
subtype: #rampart__bulwark__wall an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes; "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
subtype: #bailey the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle
subtype: #battlement__crenelation a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
subtype: #Chinese_Wall__Great_Wall_of_China a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC
subtype: #earthwork an earthen rampart
subtype: #fraise sloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes
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