saucissen.
Obsolete.
= saucisson n. 3.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines
bavin1528
gabion1544
grand-maund1579
saucisse1604
sconce-korf1629
cannon-basket1630
sausage1645
chandelier1664
fascine1669
musket-basket1688
saucisson1702
fascinery1751
basket1753
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > explosive device > [noun] > land-mine > fuse for mine
pudding1691
saucisse1702
sausage1704
saucisson1827
powder hose1832
1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 144 He causeth Saulcisses to be made (so they call certaine things made of wood, tyed together).
1702 Mil. Dict. (1711) Saucisse, a long Train of Powder roll'd up in a Pitch-Cloth, and sew'd together in Length, so that it reach from the Fourneau, or Chamber of the Mine, to the Place where the Engineer stands to spring the Mine... There are generally two Saucisses to every Mine, that if the one fail, the other may hit.
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Mine The saucisse [1728 (ed. 1) reads Saucidge] of the mine is the train; for which there is always a little aperture left.
1795 Amer. State Papers, For. Relat. (1832) I. 523 All arms and implements serving for the purposes of war, by land or sea, such as..carcases, saucisses, &c.
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