MOTTE AND BAILEY

Meaning of MOTTE AND BAILEY in English

Function: noun

Date: 1900

: 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

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MOTTE AND BAILEY — [motte and bailey] n (1900): a medieval Norman castle consisting of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with the higher mound …
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MOTTE AND BAILEY — noun Date: 1900 a medieval Norman castle consisting of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with the higher mound surmounted by …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTTE-AND-BAILEY — n. Norman castle of the Middle Ages comprising of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with a wooden donjon rising above …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOTTE AND BAILEY — Date: 1900 : a medieval Norman castle consisting of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with the higher mound surmounted by …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTTE AND BAILEY — ➡ castles
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MOTTE-AND-BAILEY — Motte and bailey
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
MOTTE AND BAILEY — Motte-and-bailey
Русско-Американский Английский словарь
BAILEY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And how dared he leave her standing out here in the bailey like a ... …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTTE — noun Etymology: French, from Old French mote, ~ Date: 1884 mound , hill
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAILEY — I. biographical name Liberty Hyde 1858-1954 American botanist, II. biographical name Nathan or Nathaniel died 1742 English lexicographer, III. biographical …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BAILEY — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Aldrich Thomas Bailey Bailey Pearl Mae Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
Английский словарь Британика
MOTTE — I. noun or mott ˈmät ( -s ) Etymology: Mexican Spanish mata, from Spanish, bush, shrub, orchard, probably from Late …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAILEY — ˈbālē, -li noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bailli, from Old French balie, variant of baile — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTTE — (n.) A clump of trees in a prairie.
Английский словарь Webster
BAILEY — (n.) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the …
Английский словарь Webster
BAILEY — (n.) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Английский словарь Webster
BAILEY — (n.) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Английский словарь Webster
MOTTE — ( n. ) A clump of trees in a prairie.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BAILEY — ( n. ) The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BAILEY — ( n. ) The outer wall of a feudal castle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BAILEY — ( n. ) A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTTE — /mot/ , n. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country. Also, mott …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAILEY — /bay"lee/ , n. 1. Liberty Hyde , 1858-1954, U.S. botanist, horticulturist, and writer. 2. Nathan or Nathaniel , died 1742, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAILEY — /bay"lee/ , n. , pl. baileys . 1. the defensive wall surrounding an outer court of a castle. 2. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTTE — n. man-made mound on which a fortress or castle is built
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
MOTTE — noun Etymology: French, from Old French mote, motte Date: 1884 : mound , hill ; especially : a hill serving …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAILEY — noun ( plural baileys ) Etymology: Middle English bailli, palisade, bailey, from Anglo-French baille, balie Date: 13th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTTE — noun a clump of trees in a prairie.
Webster English vocab
BAILEY — noun the outer wall of a feudal castle. 2. bailey ·noun the space immediately within the outer wall of a …
Webster English vocab
MOTTE — [ mɒt ] ■ noun historical a mound forming the site of a castle or camp. Origin C19: from Fr., …
Concise Oxford English vocab
MOTTE — [motte] n [ME mote, fr. OF mote, motte] (13c): mound, hill; esp: a hill serving as a site for a …
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BAILEY — [bai.ley] n, pl baileys [ME bailli, palisade, bailey, fr. OF baille, balie] (13c) 1: the outer wall of a castle …
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MOTTE — motte BrE AmE mɒt AmE mɑːt ▷ mottes mɒts AmE mɑːts
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BAILEY — bailey, B~ BrE AmE ˈbeɪl i ▷ bailey|s, ~'s z ▶ ˌ Bailey ˈ bridge, ˈ•• • BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTTE — / mɒt; NAmE mɑːt/ noun the small hill on which the fort is built in a motte-and-bailey castle •• WORD …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAILEY — Bailey, David BrE AmE (1938–) a British photographer who is known especially for his photographs of fashionable people in the …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAILEY — bai ‧ ley /ˈbeɪli/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: baille , balie …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTTE — n. a mound forming the site of a castle, camp, etc. [ME f. OF mote (as MOAT)]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MOTTE — n. a mound forming the site of a castle, camp, etc. [ ME f. OF mote (as MOAT) ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTTE — n. a mound forming the site of a castle, camp, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF mote (as MOAT)
Oxford English vocab
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAILEY — n. Aldrich Thomas Bailey Bailey Pearl Mae Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTTE — ➡ castles
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
MOTTE — (диалектизм) зеленый "остров", небольшая роща в прериях
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAILEY — сущ.; ист. двор замка Old Bailey ≈ Центральный уголовный суд (в Лондоне) (историческое) стена замка; двор замка - outer * …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTTE — n амер. диал. зелёный «остров», небольшая роща в прериях
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BAILEY — n ист. 1> стена замка 2> двор замка outer inner bailey - наружный внутренний двор Old Bailey - Оулд Бейли, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BAILEY — сущ.; истор.двор замка•• Old Bailey — Центральный уголовный суд (в Лондоне)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
MOTTE — (n) зеленый остров; небольшая роща в прериях
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
MOTTE — n амер. диал. зелёный «остров», небольшая роща в прериях
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BAILEY — n ист. 1) стена замка 2) двор замка outer [inner] ~ - наружный [внутренний] двор ♢ Old Bailey - Оулд …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MOTTE — n амер. диал. зелёный «остров», небольшая роща в прериях
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BAILEY — n ист. 1> стена замка 2> двор замка outer inner bailey - наружный внутренний двор Old Bailey - Оулд Бейли, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BAILEY — сущ. ; ист. двор замка •• Old Bailey — Центральный уголовный суд ( в Лондоне )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BAILEY — сущ.; ист. двор замка •• Old Bailey — Центральный уголовный суд (в Лондоне)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BAILEY — _n. _ист. двор замка - Old Bailey
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
BAILEY — n. ист. двор замка - Old Bailey
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
BAILEY — двор замка Old Bailey Центральный уголовный суд (в Лондоне)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
MOTTE — (диалектизм) зеленый "остров", небольшая роща в прериях
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAILEY — сущ.; ист. двор замка Old Bailey ≈ Центральный уголовный суд (в Лондоне) (историческое) стена замка; двор замка - outer * …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
GUYON, JEANNE-MARIE BOUVIER DE LA MOTTE, MADAME DU ... — , ne Bouvier De La Motte, byname Madame Guyon born April 13, 1648, Montargis, Fr. died June 9, 1717, Blois …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTH — I. ˈmȯ]th also ˈmä] noun ( plural moths ]thz, ]ths, ]z\) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTE — I. ˈmōt verbal auxiliary ( past moste ˈmōst) Etymology: Middle English moten, from Old English mōtan to be allowed to, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOT — I. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, word, saying, from Latin muttum grunt — more at motto 1. obsolete …
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