noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A mottled pattern. countable, uncountable

   "Through the transparent shell dark mottlements were visible, as if it had eaten lumps of earth."

Example

More examples

"Through the transparent shell dark mottlements were visible, as if it had eaten lumps of earth."

Etymology

From mottle + -ment.

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