资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Muzzle \Muz"zle\, n. [OE. mosel, OF. musel, F. museau muzzle or
   snout, LL. musellus, fr. musus, morsus. See {Muse}, v. i.,
   and cf. {Morsel}.]
   1. The projecting mouth and nose of a quadruped, as of a
      horse; a snout.

   2. The mouth of a thing; the end for entrance or discharge;
      as, the muzzle of a gun.

   3. A fastening or covering (as a band or cage) for the mouth
      of an animal, to prevent eating or vicious biting.

            With golden muzzles all their mouths were bound
                                                  --Dryden.

   {Muzzle sight}. (Gun.) See {Dispart}, n., 2.