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Definition of motte in English: mottenoun mɒtmɑt 1historical A mound forming the site of a castle or camp. Example sentencesExamples - The motte stands at the north-east corner of a square, subdivided bailey, the inner portion of which is partly walled and has a gate.
- Modern steps curve up the side of the motte (the castle mound), one of the largest in the country.
- Many mottes in later twelfth-century Galloway were the work of the lords of Galloway, as they sought to resist the advance of the Scottish kings and their Anglo-Norman circle.
- That Edward's fortress incorporated the motte of an earlier Norman castle indicates that here castle-building actually signified a re-conquest of territory.
- Design modifications in the 12th century included stone tower keeps to replace the motte.
- The Norman castle motte known as Twt Hill probably overlies the site of the palace constructed by Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1015.
- The Archbishop said the site was a conservation area in the centre of an historic city, below a tower which was a scheduled ancient monument and which was built on a motte created by William the Conqueror.
2US (especially in the southwestern US) a stand of trees; a grove. Example sentencesExamples - Much of the dense brush was limited to rivers, creeks, drainages, and in small mottes on the prairie.
- A vague whir from the motte caught my attention.
- You stand to either side of the motte and send a flushing dog inside.
Origin Late 19th century: from French, 'mound', from Old French mote (see moat). Rhymes allot, begot, Bernadotte, blot, bot, capot, clot, cocotte, cot, culotte, dot, forgot, garrotte (US garrote), gavotte, got, grot, hot, jot, knot, lot, Mayotte, not, Ott, outshot, plot, pot, rot, sans-culotte, Scot, Scott, shallot, shot, slot, snot, sot, spot, squat, stot, swat, swot, tot, trot, undershot, Wat, Watt, what, wot, yacht Definition of motte in US English: mottenounmɑtmät 1historical A mound forming the site of a castle or camp. Example sentencesExamples - Design modifications in the 12th century included stone tower keeps to replace the motte.
- That Edward's fortress incorporated the motte of an earlier Norman castle indicates that here castle-building actually signified a re-conquest of territory.
- The Norman castle motte known as Twt Hill probably overlies the site of the palace constructed by Llywelyn ap Seisyll in 1015.
- Many mottes in later twelfth-century Galloway were the work of the lords of Galloway, as they sought to resist the advance of the Scottish kings and their Anglo-Norman circle.
- Modern steps curve up the side of the motte (the castle mound), one of the largest in the country.
- The motte stands at the north-east corner of a square, subdivided bailey, the inner portion of which is partly walled and has a gate.
- The Archbishop said the site was a conservation area in the centre of an historic city, below a tower which was a scheduled ancient monument and which was built on a motte created by William the Conqueror.
2US (especially in the southwestern US) a stand of trees; a grove. Example sentencesExamples - You stand to either side of the motte and send a flushing dog inside.
- A vague whir from the motte caught my attention.
- Much of the dense brush was limited to rivers, creeks, drainages, and in small mottes on the prairie.
Origin Late 19th century: from French, ‘mound’, from Old French mote (see moat). |