mound

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MOUND, noun [Latin mons. See Mount.] Something raised as a defense or fortification, usually a bank of earth or stone; a bulwark; a rampart or fence. God has thrown That mountain as his garden mound high raised. To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. MOUND, verb transitive To fortify with a mound
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