Middle English Dictionary Entry
rūse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rūse n. |
| Etymology | OF rëuse, ruse. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) A game animal's movement designed to elude pursuit; (b) a roundabout course taken by a hunter to locate the quarry.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)11 : Þer she shal make crosse waies x or xii tymes, and þer she shal make hure ruses [F reuses], from thens she shal take som fals bypath.
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)19 : Some tyme he gooþ a way with hem, and þan he makeþ a ruse in some side, and þer he stalleþ or quatteþ, vnto þe houndes byn forþ after þat oþer þe wiche ben fresshe.
b
- (c1410) York MGame (Vsp B.12)91 : I drede [read: rede] hym where he hathe mette with þe hert..þat he take al his blenches and his ruses [F tours] biforesaid for to be moor siker.