mousehole

[ mous-hohl ]

/ ˈmaʊsˌhoʊl /

the burrow of a mouse.

the entrance to a mouse's burrow.

a small hole resembling this.

Origin of mousehole

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75; see origin at mouse, hole

He saw that the chancellor was watching Grumbach as a cat watches a mouse-hole.

The Goose Girl |Harold MacGrath
We watched the star like two cats at a mouse-hole, but it didn't move again.

To Remember Charlie By |Roger Dee
They ran up and felt about with their sticks in the mouse-hole, but in vain.

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm |Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
Quite a little pile of nut-and acorn-shells lay outside the mouse-hole.

The Old Willow Tree and Other Stories |Carl Ewald

Ben resumed his fishing, watching his line as a cat watches a mouse-hole.

Peter Cotterell's Treasure |Rupert Sargent Holland