mousefall

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mousefall

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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 mousefalls

Scotland, dialectal A mousetrap.

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@misc{mousefall_2026,
  title = {mousefall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mousefall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}