Associations to the word «Motte»
Noun
- Bailey
- Earthwork
- Moat
- Mound
- Castle
- Ditch
- Norman
- Marguerite
- Chateau
- Fortification
- Jeanne
- Glover
- Antoine
- Friedrich
- Guillaume
- Valerie
- Dubois
- Faulkner
- Champlain
- Libretto
- Asha
- Enclosure
- Nathaniel
- Ref
- La
- Antoinette
- Porte
- Necklace
- Lambert
- Conqueror
- Mote
- Rampart
- Comte
- Technical
- Isle
- Timber
- Tilly
- Anarchy
- Knoll
- Remains
- Bois
- Burg
- Grande
- Hereford
- François
- Vestige
- Provence
- Swift
- Loire
- Mademoiselle
- Camille
- Airship
- Mcclellan
- Normandy
- Grid
- Conquest
- Foreman
- Domesday
- Iliad
- Vermont
- Excavation
- Pierre
- Manor
- Jacqueline
- Facsimile
- Matilda
- Rouge
- Onward
- De
- Fort
- Jason
- Fortress
- Stronghold
- Auguste
- Marches
- Tower
Adjective
Wiktionary
MOTTE, noun. A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
MOTTE, noun. (US) (dialect) A clump of trees in a prairie.
MOTTE AND BAILEY, noun. The predecessor of the castle, having a raised earth mound (the motte) topped with a tower (or donjon), and a wooden ring fortification surrounding a courtyard (the bailey).
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