motoun
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmotoun (plural motouns)
- The meat of sheep or a piece of it; mutton.
- A sheep (of either gender) or its corpse.
- An Anglo-French gold coin impressed with the image of a lamb.
- (rare) The astrological sign Aries.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “motǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-04.
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