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MUFF

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 955 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MOS-NAN
MUFF , an article of outdoor apparel, open at either end, for holding the hands in and keeping them warm, generally made of fur, but also of velvet, silk, &c. Muffs are now only used in England by women, but in the 17th and 18th centuries were fashionable for men. In Roman times the place of the
glove
  was taken by
long
  sleeves (manicae) reaching to the hand, and in winter
special
  sleeves of fur were worn (cf. Cic. Phil. ii. 11, 26). In Medieval Latin we find the word muffulae, defined by Du Cange (
Gloss
 ., s.v.) as chirothecae pellitae et hibernae. He quotes from a cartulary of the year 817, of the issuing to monks of sheep-skin coverings to be used during the winter. These may have been, as the Roman certainly were,
separate
  coverings for each hand, although the cartulary cited also distinguishes the
glove
  for summer from the muffulae for winter
wear
 . The O. Fr. moufte meant a thick glove or mitten, and from this the Du. mot', Walloon mouffe, and thence Eng. " muff," are probably derived. From the Fr. moufle have come the various uses, verbal and substantival, of " muffle," viz. to wrap round for
protection
 , for deadening sound &c., and for a chamber or receptacle in a furnace to protect objects from contact with fire while exposed to heat. The
slang
  use of " muff " for a clumsy, awkward person is of
late
  origin. It appears in the middle of the 19th century.
1 The contemptuous designation Muckern
dates
  from this time.


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