Mound

mownd, n. an artificial mount: a natural hillock, appearing as if thrown up by man's work: ( fort. ) a bank of earth or stone raised as a protection.— v.t. to fortify with a mound.— n.pl. Mound′-birds , a family of Austral asian gallinaceous birds which build large mounds as incubators for their eggs.— n. Mound′-build′er , one of the primitive race which built the vast so-called Indian mounds found in the United States, esp. east of the Mi i ippi River. [A.S. mund , a defence; cf. Old High Ger. munt , defence, and perh. L. mons , a mount.] IMG:c284_mbers_1908_Mound.png_utm_source_en.wiki source.org_utm_campaign_parser_utm_content_thumbnail_unscaled:Chambers_1908_Mound.png?utm_source=en.wiki source.org _campaign=parser _content=thumbnail_unscaled