mouffle

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noun

The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting.

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Meanings

nounmouffle (plural mouffles)

plural mouffles

  1. CanadaThe loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting.

    The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.

    1923, Sir James George Frazer, Folk-lore in the Old Testament

Origin

French

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mouffle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouffle

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“mouffle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouffle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouffle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouffle.

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