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Meaning of mota | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
ˈmɔta

Definitions

  1. motte, rampart
    dated, feminine
  2. mound
    feminine
  3. Equivalent to 'Motte': A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.

Equivalents

Čeština pahorek
English Motte
Français motte Motte
Italiano motta

Examples

“que o dicto martin bezerra e a sua moller façan tirar et derribar todos los penedos et pedras de mota que estan cabo da dicta casa sobre la terra os que poderen tirar con palancos de ferro et de madeyro et a maos de omes et que os tiren da mota et que os lançen contra o rrio et façan a mota chaa”

the aforementioned Martin Becerra and his wife should order the toppling of every boulder and every stone of the motte which is by the aforementioned house, with iron levers, and wood levers, and by the hands of men; they should be removed from the motte and thrown into the river, and they should flatten the motte

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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