plural of motte and bailey

To mark with blotches of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.

A distinguishing blotch of color. / A mottled coloration or pattern.

(military) encirclement; pocket, siege, entrapment

(heraldry) A sentence, phrase, or word, forming part of an heraldic achievement.

Colored in patches; spotted.

simple past tense and past participle of mottle

plural of motto

plural of motto

present participle of mottle