musit

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A gap in a hedge or fence habitually used by a hare, worn by repeated passage. Close kin to smeuse, but specific to hares and older by several centuries.
Etymology
From the medieval hunting term muse — the place where the hare "muses" or passes through. Old French musse, a hiding place or secret passage.
animals French tracking
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