mort
/mɔːrt/
noun
- A note or sound played on a hunting horn to signal that the hunted animal has been killed.
- The hunter sounded the mort to announce the end of the chase.
- The horn player practiced the mort until it was perfect.
- In old hunting traditions, the mort was a solemn call.
- A large number or amount (informal, chiefly British).
- He spent a mort of money on that old car.
- There was a mort of people at the festival this year.
- She had a mort of homework to finish before the weekend.
adjective
- Dead (used in heraldry or in some formal contexts).
- The coat of arms featured a mort stag.
- In the old painting, the mort bird lay at the hunter's feet.
- The herald described the animal as mort in the official record.
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