Mound

n. [A-S. mund, defense, protection, hand; O. Fries. mund, mond, protection; Icel. mund, hand; O. & M. H. Ger. munt, N. H. Ger. mund, defense, protector, allied to Lat. manus, hand.] An artificial hill or elevation of earth; a raised bank; an embankment thrown up for defense; a bulwark; a rampart; also, a natural elevation appearing as if thrown up artificially; a regular and isolated hill, hillock, or knoll. God has thrown That mountain as his garden mound high raised. Milton. To thrid the thickets or to leap the mounds. Dryden.

n. [Lat. mundus, Fr. monde, the world.] (Her.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross;—called also globe.

[imp. & p. p. MOUNDED; p. pr. & vb. n. MOUNDING.] To fortify with a mound.