different between armour vs moton

English

Noun

armour (countable and uncountable, plural armours)

1. British standard spelling of armor.

Verb

armour (third-person singular simple present armours, present participle armouring, simple past and past participle armoured)

1. British standard spelling of armor.

Translations

Middle English

Noun

armour

1. Alternative form of armure

Old French

Noun

armour f (oblique plural armours, nominative singular armour, nominative plural armours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of armure

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old French; compare Norman moton (“chin”), from Old French menton (“chin; chinguard (of a helmet)”).

Noun

moton (plural motons)

1. (military, historical) A small plate covering the armpit in armour of the 14th century and later.

References

Further reading

• moton in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Finnish

Noun

moton

1. Genitive singular form of motto.

Anagrams

• monot

Middle English

Noun

moton

1. Alternative form of motoun

Norman

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Old French menton.

Noun

moton m (plural motons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) chin

Occitan

Alternative forms

• moutoun (Mistralian)

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *multo, *multonis, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *molto-. Compare French mouton.

Noun

moton m (plural motons) (Languedoc)

1. sheep

See also

• amontanhatge
• feda, oelha
• pastor

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 430.

Old French

Noun

moton m (oblique plural motons, nominative singular motons, nominative plural moton)

1. Alternative form of mouton