
[American Spanish mata, from Spanish, shrub, probably from Late Latin matta, mat. See mat1.]

[From French, from Old French mote, mound.]
In medieval times, a high, defensive mound of earth surmounted by a timber stockade and tower, and surrounded by a ditch.
Earth mound marking the site of a small medieval castle.

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