Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - muzzle
Muzzle
muzzle
n. & v. --n. 1 the projecting part of an animal's face, including the nose and mouth. 2 a guard, usu. made of straps or wire, fitted over an animal's nose and mouth to stop it biting or feeding. 3 the open end of a firearm. --v.tr. 1 put a muzzle on (an animal etc.). 2 impose silence upon. 3 Naut. take in (a sail). Phrases and idioms muzzle-loader a gun that is loaded through the muzzle. muzzle velocity the velocity with which a projectile leaves the muzzle of a gun. Derivatives muzzler n. Etymology: ME f. OF musel ult. f. med.L musum: cf. MUSE(2)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English mosel, from Middle French musel, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus Date: 15th century the projecting jaws and nose of an animal ; snout, 2. a fastening or covering for the mouth of an animal used to prevent eating or biting, something (as censorship) that restrains normal expression, the open end of an implement, II. transitive verb (~d; muzzling) Date: 15th century to fit with a ~, 2. gag , restrain, restrict , ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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