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muffler

[ muhf-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a scarf worn around one's neck for warmth.
any of various devices for deadening sound, as the sound of escaping gases of an internal-combustion engine.
anything used for muffling sound.
Armor. a mittenlike glove worn with a mail hauberk.

muffler

/ ˈmʌflə /

a thick scarf, collar, etc
any device designed to reduce noise, esp the tubular device containing baffle plates in the exhaust system of a motor vehicle Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)silencer
something that muffles

Origin of muffler¹

First recorded in 1525–35; muffle ¹ + -er ¹

The victim got off at 96th, carefully straightening his muffler inside his black overcoat.

First Lady (horrified at bright scarlet muffler for Navy, the creation of second lady).

It was Peter, Baron de Grost, who threw his muffler and broad-brimmed hat upon the table.

And so I will but take my chopins and my cloak, and put on my muffler, and cross the street to neighbour Ramsay's in an instant.

I should like to see her when she hath exchanged her mask and riding-beaver for her peaked hat and muffler.

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