mousefalln.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊsfɔːl/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊsˌfɔl/,

/ˈmaʊsˌfɑl/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌʊsfɔl/,

/ˈmusfal/

Forms: see mouse n. and fall n.¹

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian mūzefalle , Middle Dutch musevalle , Dutch muizenval , Old Saxon mūsfalla (Middle Low German mūsevalle ), Old High German mūsfalla (Middle High German mūsvalle , German Mausefalle , Mäusefalle ), Swedish musfälla , Danish musefælde < the Germanic base of mouse n. + the Germanic base of fall n.¹

Now Scottish regional.

A mousetrap. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > mouse-trap

mousefalleOE

stockc1175

mouse stocka1225

mousecatcha1382

mousetrap1440

Samson's post1577

the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for vermin

falleOE

mousefalleOE

stockc1175

mouse stocka1225

mousecatcha1382

mousetrap1440

rat trap1469

Samson's post1577

whipa1589

eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 80/1 Muscipula, muusfalle.

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 73 Pelx, musfealle.

lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. §1. 455 Ne sceolde he nan ðing forgyman, ðe æfre to note mehte: ne forða musfellan ne, þæt git læsse is, to hæpsan pinn.

1389 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1932) III. 168 (MED) [One] mosefalle.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowsfalle, muscipula.

1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xv. sig. N3^v Dobson..at last catched the Cat in the Mouse-fall.

1700 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 275 For 2 mouss falls..12s. 0d.

1832 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 206 He kens mair than a do about pokers and tangs, an' nit-crackers, an' moose-fa's.

1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 74 Moosfa, a trap for catching mice.

1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. at Moose Moosefa, a mousetrap.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mousefall
释义	mousefalln. Brit. /ˈmaʊsfɔːl/, U.S. /ˈmaʊsˌfɔl/, /ˈmaʊsˌfɑl/, Scottish English /ˈmʌʊsfɔl/, /ˈmusfal/ Forms: see mouse n. and fall n.¹ Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to West Frisian mūzefalle , Middle Dutch musevalle , Dutch muizenval , Old Saxon mūsfalla (Middle Low German mūsevalle ), Old High German mūsfalla (Middle High German mūsvalle , German Mausefalle , Mäusefalle ), Swedish musfälla , Danish musefælde < the Germanic base of mouse n. + the Germanic base of fall n.¹ Now Scottish regional. A mousetrap. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > mouse-trap mousefalleOE stockc1175 mouse stocka1225 mousecatcha1382 mousetrap1440 Samson's post1577 the world > food and drink > hunting > equipment > trap or snare > [noun] > trap for vermin falleOE mousefalleOE stockc1175 mouse stocka1225 mousecatcha1382 mousetrap1440 rat trap1469 Samson's post1577 whipa1589 eOE Corpus Gloss. (1890) 80/1 Muscipula, muusfalle. eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 73 Pelx, musfealle. lOE Laws: Gerefa (Corpus Cambr.) xviii. §1. 455 Ne sceolde he nan ðing forgyman, ðe æfre to note mehte: ne forða musfellan ne, þæt git læsse is, to hæpsan pinn. 1389 in A. H. Thomas Cal. Plea & Mem. Rolls London Guildhall (1932) III. 168 (MED) [One] mosefalle. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 347 Mowsfalle, muscipula. 1607 Dobsons Drie Bobbes xv. sig. N3^v Dobson..at last catched the Cat in the Mouse-fall. 1700 in A. W. C. Hallen Acct. Bk. Sir J. Foulis (1894) 275 For 2 mouss falls..12s. 0d. 1832 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 206 He kens mair than a do about pokers and tangs, an' nit-crackers, an' moose-fa's. 1866 T. Edmondston Etymol. Gloss. Shetland & Orkney Dial. 74 Moosfa, a trap for catching mice. 1988 G. Lamb Orkney Wordbk. at Moose Moosefa, a mousetrap. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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