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| motte and bai·ley (plural mottes and bai·leys) |
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castle with separate tower and courtyard: a fortification consisting of a fortified courtyard bailey overlooked by a wooden castle built on a mound of earth motte. Such castles were built by the Normans in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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