Look up: Motte

1. Motte
   A mound of earth on which a tower was built; artificial conical earth mound (sometimes an old barrow) for the keep
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2. Motte
   a mound, often man-made, on which a castle was built
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3. motte
   Fortified mound within a castle or other fortification. At the Norman conquest, it was necessary to garrison the country at speed, and mottes, often surrounded only by ditches or wooden walls, were...
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4. Motte
   The first castles built by the Normans often consisted of a steep-sided earthen mound with a tower built on it. The mound was known as a motte.
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5. Motte
   Artificial mound.
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6. Motte
   a steep sided mound surmounted by a keep or other defendable structure which formed the central feature of early castles. See fortification
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7. Motte
   Motte noun [ Confer French motte a clod, clump, or hillock.] A clump of trees in a prairie. [ Local, U.S.]
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8. motte
   A clump of trees in a prairie. ... Origin: Cf. F. Motte a clod, clump, or hillock. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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9. Motte
   • (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.
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10. motte
    (from the article `Europe, history of`) ...The decline of the popular courts and public jurisdiction had been accompanied by the appearance of innumerable private fortresses, often little ... ...social organization and warfare was the motte-and-bailey castle, which appeared in the 10th and 11th centuries between the Rhine and Loire rive...
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11. motte
    artificial or improved natural mound on which castle was built
    Found on http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossa