moton
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English moton, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French,[1] compare Norman moton (“chin”), from Old French menton (“chin; mentonnière, chinguard (of a helmet)”); alternatively, compare mouton (“sheepskin”).
Noun
editmoton (plural motons)
- (military, historical) A small plate covering the armpit in armour of the 14th century and later.
- 1848, Herbert Haines, editor, A Manual for the Study of Monumental Brasses [...] in the Possession of the Oxford Architectural Society:
- […] , the pauldrons covered the back of the shoulders, motons were worn over a gusset of mail at the right armpit, and the elbow-plates were of large size.
References
edit- ^ “moton”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Further reading
edit- “moton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Finnish
editNoun
editmoton
Anagrams
editMiddle English
editNoun
editmoton
- Alternative form of motoun
Norman
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old French menton.
Noun
editmoton m (plural motons)
Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *multo, *multonis, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *molto-. Compare French mouton.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editmoton m (plural motons) (Languedoc)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 430.
Old French
editNoun
editmoton oblique singular, m (oblique plural motons, nominative singular motons, nominative plural moton)
- Alternative form of mouton
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