Associations to the word «Motte»
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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).
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.