mousefall

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English mousfalle, from Old English mūsfealle (mousetrap), from Proto-West Germanic *mūsfallā (mousetrap), equivalent to mouse +‎ fall. Cognate with Scots mousfall (mousetrap), Saterland Frisian Muusefalle (mousetrap), West Frisian mûzefalle (mousetrap), Dutch muizenval (mousetrap), German Low German Muusfall, Muusfalle (mousetrap), German Mausfalle, Mausefalle (mousetrap).

Noun[edit]

mousefall (plural mousefalls)

  1. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) mousetrap