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
- unresemblant
- unresemble
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from strength
- from the (bottom of one's) heart
- from the bottom up
- from the dead
- from the floor
- from the ground up
- from the horse's mouth
- from thence
- from thenceforth
- from the top
- from the (very) first
- from the word go
- from time to time
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- from whence
- frond
- frondage
- Fronde
- fronded
- frondescence