motte and bailey
motte and bailey
nounDefinition of MOTTE AND BAILEY
: a medieval Norman castle consisting of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with the higher mound surmounted by the keep and the lower one containing barracks and other buildings
First Known Use of MOTTE AND BAILEY
1900
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