saucisse

English

Etymology

French, from saucisse (“sausage”). Doublet of sausage.

Pronunciation

Noun

saucisse (plural saucisses)

  1. (mining, firearms) 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. (fortification) A fascine of more than ordinary length.

Synonyms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for saucisse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin salsīcia, from salsīcius, from salsus (“salty”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /so.sis/
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Noun

saucisse f (plural saucisses)

  1. sausage (hot dog style)

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