muset

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noun

A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.

OriginMiddle French mussette ← Old French mussette →
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Meanings

nounmuset (plural musets)

plural musets

  1. obsoleteA 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]

Origin

  1. Old Frenchmussette
  2. Middle Frenchmussette
  3. Englishmuset

From Middle French mussette, from Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce (“a hiding place”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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