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motte and bailey
noun
Definition of MOTTE AND BAILEY
: 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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First Known Use of MOTTE AND BAILEY
1900
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