| 单词 | motte-and-bailey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmotte-and-bailey motte-and-bailey adj. designating or relating to a kind of fortification, esp. a castle, built in Britain by the Normans, and consisting of a fort on the top of a motte surrounded by a bailey (bailey n. 2); also (unhyphenated) as n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > other types of fort hendecagon1648 grand1670 etoile1727 vitrified fort1777 roundabout1795 ring fort1846 oppidum1847 sea-fort1879 motte-and-bailey1900 motte castle1912 mote-castle1919 murus gallicus1939 1900 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 34 269 As these are the proper Norman names, and there are no others, I shall henceforth speak of this type of castle as the motte-and-bailey type. 1962 C. W. Hollister Anglo-Saxon Mil. Inst. vii. 142 The motte-and-bailey style was unknown to them, just as it was unknown to their contemporaries on the Continent. 1992 Rescue News Dec. No. 57. 5/1 Rescue work was done at sites like Duneight motte and bailey and Ballywillwill rath. < as lemmas |
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