v. [f. BE- 1 + MUFFLE v.] To muffle up; often fig. Hence Bemuffled ppl. a.
1583. Stanyhurst, Æneis, IV. (Arb.), 111. The earth with the shaads of night was darcklye bemuffled.
1611. Cotgr., Emmouflé … bemuffled, wrapped, or lapped close within (warme) clothes.
1760. Sterne, Serm. Yorick., III. 225. So bemuffled with the externals of religion, that he has not a hand to spare for a worldly purpose!
