mouffle

English

Etymology

French

Noun

mouffle (plural mouffles)

1. (Canada) The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting.
   • 1923, Sir James George Frazer, Folk-lore in the Old Testament:

     The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.