mew 1 
(my)
(my)n.
1. A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
2. A secret place; a hideaway.
3. mews (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
a. A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
b. A small street, alley, or courtyard on which such buildings stand.
v. mewed, mew·ing, mews
v.tr.
To confine in or as if in a cage.
v.intr.
To molt. Used of a hawk.
[Middle English meue, from Old French mue, from muer, to molt, from Latin mūtāre, to change; see mei-1 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
mew1Belford Mews at
Dean Village
Edinburgh, Scotland