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Motte vs Moat - What's the difference?

motte | moat |

As nouns the difference between motte and moat

is that motte is a raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch while moat is a deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.

motte

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
  • (US, dialect) A clump of trees in a prairie.

    • Derived terms

    * motte-and-bailey

    Anagrams

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    moat

    English

    (wikipedia moat)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A deep, wide defensive ditch, normally filled with water, surrounding a fortified habitation.
  • An aspect of a business which makes it more "defensible" from competitors, either because of the nature of its products, services, franchise or other reason.

    • Synonyms

    * fosse

    See also

    * cunette

    Anagrams

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