{ ||Sau`cis`son" (?), Sau`cisse" (?) },
n. [F., fr. saucisse sausage. See
Sausage.] 1. (Mining or Gun.) 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. (Fort.) A fascine of more than
ordinary length.
{ ||Sau`cis`son" (?), Sau`cisse" (?) },
n. [F., fr. saucisse sausage. See
Sausage.] 1. (Mining or Gun.) 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. (Fort.) A fascine of more than
ordinary length.