Meuse

Type

Functional, Plants

Area of origin

France

Area of use

England (widespread use)

Related terms

Smeuse, Smeuce, Smewse, Smoot, Glat

  1. A gap in a fence or hedge used by small animals as a passageway and/or means of escape.
  2. A constructed passage or tunnel designed to lead rabbits or hares into a dead-end trap.

Etymology

Middle French muce, musse, mouce hiding place, secret place. Widespread use in England began in the 14th Century.

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