motoun

Middle English

Alternative forms

moton, motun, moten, mutoun, motone, mutton, motton, motene

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French mouton, from Vulgar Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /muˈtuːn/, /ˈmutun/, /ˈmutən/

Noun

motoun (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

English: mutton
Scots: mutton

References

“motǒun (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-04.

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