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mousefall

mousefall noun: a mousetrap.

Noun

mousefall (plural mousefalls)

  1. (Scotland, dialectal) A mousetrap.

Forms of mousefall

pluralmousefalls

Origin of mousefall

From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle (“mousetrap”), from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā (“mousetrap”), equivalent to mouse + fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall (“mousetrap”), Saterland Frisian Muusefalle (“mousetrap”), West Frisian mûzefalle (“mousetrap”), Dutch muizenval (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle (“mousetrap”), German Mausfalle, Mausefalle (“mousetrap”).

Questions about mousefall

What does mousefall mean?
Mousefall means a mousetrap.
What part of speech is mousefall?
Mousefall is a noun.
What is the plural of mousefall?
The plural of mousefall is mousefalls.

Words near mousefall in the dictionary

  1. moused around
  2. moused over
  3. mousedeer
  4. mousedeers
  5. mousedom
  6. mousefall
  7. mousefalls
  8. mousefish
  9. mousefishes
  10. mousefucker
  11. mousefuckers

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