wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows"
If you are muffled, you are wearing a lot of heavy clothes so that very little of your body or face is visible. children muffled in scarves and woolly hats. muffled sounds cannot be heard clearly, for example because they come from behind a door or wall
{s} (of sound) silenced, diminished by the presence of insulating material; wrapped in a cloak, covered
being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"
wrapped up especially for protection or secrecy; "children muffled almost to the eyebrows
To wrap up in something that conceals or protects; to wrap, as the face and neck, in thick and disguising folds; hence, to conceal or cover the face of; to envelop; to inclose; often with up
An earthenware compartment or oven, often shaped like a half cylinder, used in furnaces to protect objects heated from the direct action of the fire, as in scorification of ores, cupellation of ore buttons, etc
If something muffles a sound, it makes it quieter and more difficult to hear. Blake held his handkerchief over the mouthpiece to muffle his voice She heard a muffled cough behind her
A fire-clay box in which glass (or porcelain) objects are enclosed, when placed in the muffle kiln, to protect them from the flames and smoke while being subjected to low-temperature firing, especially in the process of firing enamels and gilding at temperatures of 5900-700C