1. Plural of musquash; muskrats, especially their fur or pelts used for clothing and other goods.
Usage: chiefly North American; often used in the fur trade

Examples

• The trappers brought in a large shipment of musquashes for the fur market.
• Musquashes were highly valued in the colonial fur trade.
• The coat was lined with soft musquashes fur.
• Hunters in the wetlands caught musquashes during the winter season.
• The merchant traded musquashes with European buyers.