musquash

American  

[muhs-kwosh] / ˈmʌs kwɒʃ /

noun

1. Chiefly British. the fur of the muskrat.

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musquash British  

/ ˈmʌskwɒʃ /

noun

1. another name for muskrat , used esp to refer to its fur

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Etymology

Origin of musquash

1770–80, < Massachusett cognate of Western Abenaki mòskwas (perhaps equivalent to Proto-Algonquian *mo·ŝk- bobbing above the surface of the water + *-exkwe· head + derivational elements, i.e., the one whose head bobs above the water)

Example Sentences

In Great Britain a musquash pelt is worth only about a shilling.

From Time Magazine Archive

But here musquash has dived off into the water for the express purpose of throwing a possible pursuer off the scent.

From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.

The darker sorts of mink, 348 musquash, raccoon and wolverine are more valuable than the paler skins.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Hold on there, Elmer," exclaimed Lil Artha; "bring on your musquash.

From Storm-Bound or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan

Each skin, apart from the musquash, was as clean as note paper, all killed in season and all dried in the frost or shade.

From Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. by Hunter, Martin