muset

noun

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

   obsolete

   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.

   And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry muset (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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