noun

1. a heap or bank of earth, sand, etc. built over a grave, in a fortification, etc.
2. a natural elevation like this; small hill
3. any heap or pile
4. Baseball the slightly raised area on which the pitcher must stand when pitching

Etymology: prob. < MDu mond, protection, akin to ON mund, hand: see manual

transitive verb

1. Archaic to enclose or fortify with a mound
2. to heap up in a mound

noun

Etymology: Fr monde < L mundus, the world