motte

Or mott

[mot]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly Southwestern U.S.

a grove or clump of trees in prairie land or open country.

motte

/ ��ɒ�� /

noun

history a natural or man-made mound on which a castle was erected

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Word History and Origins

Origin of motte¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1830–40; from Mexican Spanish mata; Spanish: “grove, plantation,” perhaps from Late Latin matta mat ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of motte¹

C14: see _moat

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Jeanne de la Motte, a noblewoman fallen on hard times, pretended to be French Queen and tricked a cardinal into giving her the necklace, without paying.

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Outfielder Kevin Pillar was suspended for two games without pay by the Toronto Blue Jays for yelling an anti-gay slur at Atlanta Braves pitcher Jason Motte during a game in 2017.

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Pillar felt Motte had quick-pitched him.

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Steven Stamkos, Tyler Motte and Nicholas Paul scored for Tampa Bay, with Paul cutting it to 4-3 with 5:10 left.

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Stamkos scored 44 seconds into the second before Motte put Tampa Bay up 2-1 just 2:12 later.

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Mott Mottelson

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