In the 1180s, a building was erected on top of the motte.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tamworth leads poll in best castle in Britain] Reference

The land is primarily coastal prairie with unique oak motte habitats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve, Texas] Reference

The Normans built the original motte and bailey castle between 1070 and 1080.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tamworth leads poll in best castle in Britain] Reference

The village of La motte in the Var region of France motte (mowt) noun, feminine.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Word-A-Day:] Reference

“Looboo Wood,” a thick motte conspicuously crowning a ridge, and forming a first-rate landmark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo] Reference

Model of motte-and-bailey castle, from Wikimedia Commons.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Corner of Tenth-Century Europe] Reference

Yet has he many a motte and holds himself to be handsome.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference

It was built near the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virtual Globetrotting: Latest Maps] Reference

The hunters, at the suggestion, galloped off to surround the motte.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

It is a fairly small tower, built on top of a high motte with steep sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference

Near the centre was a motte of heavy timber, growing up from a leafy underwood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

In a short time they were close in to the motte, yet still no arrow whizzed out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

"As we entered the prairie, Captain; but my route will lie past this motte to the left.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rifle Rangers] Reference

The mound part was the motte, and the timber fence and the space it enclosed is the Bailey.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

"Looboo Wood," a thick motte conspicuously crowning a ridge, and forming a first-rate landmark.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2] Reference

Friday, March 25, 2005 la motte.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Word-A-Day:] Reference

Aifink teh bit uv a castlol iz a motte.    From Wordnik.com.  [I can’t feel my butt. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

Then we our selues now also motte I thee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference

Our Lord Iesu saith, Blessed motte they bee.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation] Reference

1-1, Chaney 1-minus 3, C Weinke 1-minus 9, S De La motte.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Football - Duke vs. Florida State] Reference

I. motte, sward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes] Reference

A motte is an eminence.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rifle Rangers] Reference

Event gives city and not motte-and-bailey.    From Wordnik.com.  [WorthPlaying.com - All about games!] Reference

Under this motte, He conquers or he dies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rowley Poems] Reference

12th century as a motte and bailey by one of the Hoptons as a mesne lord of the Says of Clun.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virtual Globetrotting: Latest Maps] Reference

I had motte, lee, and webb all burn me this week.    From Wordnik.com. Reference