/mus'keuh tel", mus"keuh tel'/ , n.
1. a sweet wine made from muscat grapes.
2. a muscat grape.
3. a raisin made from muscat grapes.
Also, muscadel, muscadelle .
[ 1350-1400; muscat MUSCAT + -el n. suffix; r. ME muscadel ( le ) muscad- ( muscade, fem. of muscat musky) + -elle, fem. of -el n. suffix ]