motte
/mɒt
/noun historical
A mound forming the site of a castle or camp.Modern steps curve up the side of the motte (the castle mound), one of the largest in the country....
- The Norman castle motte known as Twt Hill probably overlies the site of the palace constructed by Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1015.
- That Edward's fortress incorporated the motte of an earlier Norman castle indicates that here castle-building actually signified a re-conquest of territory.
Origin
Late 19th century: from French, 'mound', from Old French mote (see moat).
Rhymes
- prosecutorial
- prosecutorship
- prosecutrix
- prose fiction
- proseity
- proselytation
- proselyte
- proselyter
- proselytess
- proselytical
- proselytise
- proselytism
- proselytist
- proselytistic
- proselytization
- proselytize
- proselytizer
- proseman
- prose master
- proseminar
- proseminary
- prosencephalic
- prosencephalon
- prosenchyma
- prosenchymatous