"smeuse" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smeuses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smeuse (plural smeuses)
  1. A hole made in a hedge by the passing of a hare or other animal.
    Sense id: en-smeuse-en-noun-w-BWfgT6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1878, Edward Pennell-Elmhirst, The hunting countries of England, a guide, by Brooksby, page 57:",
          "text": "There is usually a comfortable hole in one corner, which the old hands know as readily as a hare does a smeuse.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1927, Nicholas Everitt, Ernest Ivens Watson, Shots from a lawyer's gun, page 311:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A hole made in a hedge by the passing of a hare or other animal."
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        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
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          "hare",
          "hare"
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      ]
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