Definition of Saucisse
1. a firing device [n -S]
Medical Definition of Saucisse
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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)
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