Definition of Saucisse

1. a firing device [n -S]

Medical Definition of Saucisse

1. 1. A long and slender pipe or bag, made of cloth well pitched, or of leather, filled with powder, and used to communicate fire to mines, caissons, bomb chests, etc. 2. A fascine of more than ordinary length. Origin: F, fr. Saucisse sausage. See Sausage. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saucisse

saucerfuls
saucerization
saucerlike
saucers
saucersful
sauces
sauch
sauchs
saucier
sauciers
sauciest
saucily
sauciness
saucinesses
saucing
saucisse (current term)
saucisses
sauconite
sauerbraten
sauerbratens
sauerkraut
sauerkraut soup
sauerkraut soups
sauerkrauts
sauf
saufgard
saufgards
saufly
sauger

Literary usage of Saucisse

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"saucisse, ill the military art, is a long train of powder sewed up in a roll of pitched cloth or leather, serving to set fire to mines. ..."

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