different between motte vs ringwork

English

Etymology 1

From French motte, from Anglo-Norman/Old French motte (“mound, hillock”). Doublet of moat.

Noun

motte (plural mottes)

1. A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.

Derived terms

• motte-and-bailey

Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms.

Noun

motte (plural mottes)

1. Alternative form of mott

Anagrams

• motet, totem

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mote, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”). Likely influenced by French motte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.t?/
• Hyphenation: mot?te
• Rhymes: -?t?

Noun

motte f (plural mottes, diminutive mottetje n)

1. a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch; a motte

Derived terms

• mottekasteel

Anagrams

• totem

French

Etymology

From Old French mote (“mound”), from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô, *mudraz, *muþraz (“dirt, filth, mud, swamp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?t/
• Rhymes: -?t

Noun

motte f (plural mottes)

1. motte (mound of earth)
2. clod, lump of earth
3. block (of butter)
4. (colloquial) (pubic) mound, mons veneris

Further reading

• “motte” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Verb

motte

1. inflection of motten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

motte

1. R?maji transcription of ???

English

Etymology

ring +? work

Noun

ringwork (plural ringworks)

1. A fortified defensive structure, usually circular or oval in shape, essentially a motte-and-bailey castle minus the motte.