Muset

Origin

Old French mussette, diminutive of musse, muce, a hiding place.

Full definition of muset

Noun

1. A small hole or gap through which a wild animal passes; a muse.
• 1593, William Shakespeare, Venus_and_Adonis_(Shakespeare_poem), lines 679-684:And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troublesHow he outruns the wind and with what careHe cranks and crosses with a thousand doubles:The many musets through the which he goesAre like a labyrinth to amaze his foes.