Today’s Words Of The Day: Motte and Bailey & Quay
motte and bailey
noun
: a medieval Norman castle consisting of two connecting ditched stockaded mounds with the higher mound surmounted by the keep and the lower one containing barracks and other buildings
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bailey?show=2&t=1350600181
quay
noun \ˈkē, ˈkā, ˈkwā\
: a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place
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