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‖ saucisson|sosisɔ̃| [Fr., augmentative of saucisse sausage n.] 1. A large thick sausage. Freq. with Fr. qualifying words designating spec. types of sausage. Also attrib. Following Fr. usage the term usu. describes a sausage which does not need to be cooked, as opp. to a saucisse.
1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 361 The better to preserve its strength, it [sc. tobacco] is dried, and tied up in the form of a saucisson. 1834Marryat P. Simple xxiii, French saucissons seasoned with garlic. 1958W. Bickel tr. Hering's Dict. Cookery 31 Marinated sausage: saucissons à l'huile: sliced cervelat, marinated in French dressing with chopped onions. Viennese sausage: saucissons de Vienne: heat up in boiling water, serve with grated horseradish, mustard, saurkraut or goulash sauce. 1962Harper's Bazaar Aug. 69/1 A few slices of saucisson d'ail and saucisson sec. 1965House & Garden Jan. 60 Saucisson à l'ail (garlic sausage), a type that includes many of the large sausages such as saucisson de Lyon and cote⁓chino. Saucisson d'Arles (Arles sausage).. is dried and delicately seasoned. Saucisson de Lyon, a sausage from Lyon made of pork, with fat and lean mixed. 1972Guardian 11 Mar. 15/3 [The] Brasserie du Nord..is noted..for its saucisson and rognon dishes. 1975Woman's Jrnl. Sept. 73/3 We started off with a plate of beetroot and tomato and saucisson. 1980J. Ditton Copley's Hunch i. ii. 60 A little saucisson sec, bread and apples. 2. A kind of firework, consisting of a tube of paper or canvas packed with gunpowder.
1634J. B[ate] Myst. Nature 86 Saucissons are of two sorts eyther to be placed upon a frame,..and so to be discharged.. or else to bee discharged out of the morter-peece. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xvi. (Roxb.) 91 In this Balloone must be put Rockets serpents, stars, petards, and one or two saucissons to Break the Balloone. 3. Mil. [Cf. saucisse, sausage n. 3.] a. A large fascine.
1702Milit. Dict. (1711), Saucissons or Saucisses, Faggots made of the Bodies of Underwood, or of the large Branches of great Trees. 1756Gentl. Mag. XXVI. 508 The 11th and 12th were employed in making gabions, saucissons, and fascines. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3), Saucisson...This name is also given to an extra large fascine. b. A long tube of waterproofed canvas or other material packed with gunpowder and used as a fuse for firing a mine.
1827Southey Hist. Penins. War II. 300 The saucisson was fired, and the explosion, as Bouchard had expected, threw down the entrenchments. 1862Chamb. Encycl. VIII. 496/2 The electric spark is now preferred to the saucisson. 1876Voyle & Stevenson Milit. Dict. (ed. 3), Saucisson (French = sausage).—A long tube of linen, filled with gunpowder..used for exploding fougasses or mines. |