motte
UK /ˈmɒt/ US /ˈmɒt/
noun 3name 1
Definitions
name
1
A surname.
noun
1
A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
The motte was a mound made of earth and surrounded by a ditch.
2
An argument which is uncontroversial and easy to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
Coordinate term: bailey
"Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte.
noun
1
Alternative form of mott.
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