noun
- Plural of mort; a note sounded on a horn at the death of a deer in hunting.
- Plural of mort; a large quantity or number of something.
Usage: hunting; archaic
Usage: informal; chiefly British
Examples
- The huntsman sounded the morts when the stag was brought down.
- There were morts of people at the festival.
- She received morts of letters after her appearance on television.
- The old hunting tradition included blowing morts to signal the kill.
- He had morts of experience in the field.