MOTTE AND BAILEY


Meaning of MOTTE AND BAILEY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.