2. Noun. (plural of fosse) ¹
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Definition of Fosses
1. fosse [n] - See also: fosse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fosses
Literary usage of Fosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"The most obvious example of this plan is to be found in the continental fosses
mobiles. We extract "fosses from the Belgian report before quoted (page 38) ..."
2. Memoirs of Maximilian de Bethune, Duke of Sully, Prime Minister of Henry the by Maximilien de Béthune Sully, Pierre-Mathurin de L'Ecluse des Loges (1812)
"... the fosses, which in some places were not defended by the natural rock, but
flanked with earth brought thither for the purpose ; and the two approaches ..."
3. Handbook of hygiene and sanitary science by George Wilson (1873)
"No slops were allowed to be put into the boxes. The manufactory, however, became
such a nuisance that the system was discontinued. 7. fosses Mobiles. ..."
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