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saucisson

saucisson


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saucisson  \Sau`cis`son"\,  Saucisse  \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.