1. (hunting) a series of notes sounded on a horn to signal the death of hunted game
   "The mort echoed through the forest, announcing the end of the chase"
    
2. A salmon in its third year of growth
   "Anglers were hoping to catch a mort in the river"
    
3. The skin of a sheep or lamb that has died of disease
   "Farmers had to dispose of several morts after the outbreak"
    
4. [dialect] A great quantity or number
   "There was a mort of people at the festival"

Derived forms: morts

Encyclopedia: Mort, John