motte.
a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch; a motte
Meaning & usage
a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch; a motte
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch mote, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”). Likely influenced by French motte.
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