Motte Definition

mŏt
noun
A small grove of trees.
Webster's New World
A flat-topped mound of earth, often made artificially in the Middle Ages, on which was built a wooden or stone defensive structure.
American Heritage

Origin of Motte

  • American Spanish mata from Spanish shrub probably from Late Latin matta mat mat1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French from Old French mote mound moat

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French motte (“mound, hillcock").

    From Wiktionary

Motte Sentence Examples

  • However, building a motte was a skilled achievement.

  • Built on a hilltop late in the 11th century, the castle started life as a large motte castle.

  • The motte consists of a central grass covered mound with an encircling ditch and bank, bailey and outer rampart.

  • They differ from motte and bailey castles because they do not have a motte.

  • In these castles, there was a fortified building (the castle) on top of a man-made hill called a motte.

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Words Starting With

MMOMOT

Words Ending With

ETETTE

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Words Starting With M and Ending With E

Starts With M & Ends With EStarts With MO & Ends With EStarts With M & Ends With TE

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