moton

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”).

moton (plural motons)

1. (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.

• “moton”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

moton

1. genitive singular of motto

• monot

moton

1. Alternative form of motoun

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Old French menton.

moton m (plural motons)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) chin

• moutoun (Mistralian)

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *multo, *multonis, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *molto-. Compare French mouton.

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moton m (plural motons) (Languedoc)

1. sheep

• amontanhatge
• feda, oelha
• pastor

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 430.

moton oblique singular, m (oblique plural motons, nominative singular motons, nominative plural moton)

1. Alternative form of mouton