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
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20018

  2. Motte
    a mound, often man-made, on which a castle was built
    Found op http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/glossary.php

  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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  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.
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let

  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
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  7. Motte
    Motte noun [ Confer French motte a clod, clump, or hillock.] A clump of trees in a prairie. [ Local, U.S.]
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/107

  8. motte
    A clump of trees in a prairie. ... Origin: Cf. F. Motte a clod, clump, or hillock. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?motte

  9. Motte
    • (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/motte/

  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 cent...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/128

  11. Motte
    [disambiguation] Motte may be: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte_(disambiguation)

  12. motte
    artificial or improved natural mound on which castle was built
    Found op http://www.castles-of-britain.com/glossary.htm

  13. motte
    1) Grove of trees, in the southwest
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/motte/1

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