英语词汇“motte and bailey”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

motte and bailey

释义

bailey /bāˈli/

noun

ORIGIN: Fr baille palisade, enclosure, from LL ballium

motte and bailey see under motte²

the Old Bailey

The Central Criminal Court in London in what was the ancient bailey between Ludgate and Newgate

noun

A mound, esp with a castle, a tumulus

ORIGIN: OFr mote (Fr motte); often confused with moot or moot-hill

moteˈ-hill noun

motte and bailey noun (historical)

A type of fortification commonly built by the Normans, with a keep built on a mound surrounded by a walled bailey

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