Moon's Huen
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Thieves and highwaymen who ply their trade by night. The fortune of us thai are but Moon's-men doth ebb and flow like the sea. — I Henry IV, i, 2.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Moon's Huen” mean?
Thieves and highwaymen who ply their trade by night. The fortune of us thai are but Moon's-men doth ebb and flow like the sea. — I Henry IV, i, 2.
Is “Moon's Huen” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.