motte
motte · mottes
A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded…A raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
/ˈmɒt/
» Fascism is the motte to capitalism's bailey.
Meaning
2 sensesA raised earth mound, often topped with a wooden or stone structure and surrounded with a ditch.
An argument which is uncontroversial and easy to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
Coordinate term: bailey
Examples
1 sentencesFascism is the motte to capitalism's bailey.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From French motte, from Anglo-Norman/Old French motte (“mound, hillock”). Doublet of moat.From French motte, from Anglo-Norman/Old French motte (“mound, hillock”). Doublet of moat.
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