muset
muset noun: a small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
Noun
muset (plural musets)
- A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
- And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
How he outruns the wind and with what care
He cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:
The many musets through the which he goes
Are like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.1593, [William Shakespeare], Venus and Adonis, London: […] Richard Field, […], →OCLC, lines [679-684]
- And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
Forms of muset
| plural | musets |
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Origin of muset
From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).
Questions about muset
- What does muset mean?
- Muset means a small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
- What part of speech is muset?
- Muset is a noun.
- What is the plural of muset?
- The plural of muset is musets.
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