The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monticle \Mon"ti*cle\, n. [L. monticulus, dim. of mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. monticule. See Mount, n.] A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence.
Wiktionary
n. (context now rare English) A small mountain, or hillock. (from 15th c.)
Usage examples of "monticle".
Tabarast confirmed almost severely, urging his mule over the summit of a monticle with a flourish of his tiny riding whip.
Each muzzle flares a nova of constant spray, but I do not spout hot gushers of blood, because the coppers are firing over my head at the second wing of the Chinese killers, which lessens the impacts vibrating through this cement monticle and rattling my bones.
Tabarast confirmed almost severely, urging his mule over the summit of a monticle with a flourish of his tiny riding whip.