English word Musselburgh comes from English mousle ((obsolete, transitive) To sport with roughly; to rumple.), English burgh
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| mousle | English (eng) | (obsolete, transitive) To sport with roughly; to rumple. |
| burgh | English (eng) | (Sussex) a small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).. (UK) a borough or chartered town (now only used as an official subdivision in Scotland). |
| Musselburgh | English (eng) | A suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, named after the Scottish town.. A town in East Lothian council area, Scotland; historically it was in Midlothian (OS grid ref NT3472). |