smeuse

smeuse

English

Noun

smeuse (plural smeuses)

1. A hole made in a hedge by the passing of a hare or other animal.
   • 1878, Edward Pennell-Elmhirst, The hunting countries of England, a guide, by Brooksby (page 57)

     There is usually a comfortable hole in one corner, which the old hands know as readily as a hare does a smeuse.

   • 1927, Nicholas Everitt, ‎Ernest Ivens Watson, Shots from a lawyer's gun (page 311)

     A few spots of Renardine dropped in a smeuse or gateway will prevent hares passing through. Gate netting and snaring are impossible where this is done.