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Webster 1913 Edition
Fougasse
{ ‖
, Fouˊgade′
, ‖Fouˊgasse′
}Noun.
(Mil.)
A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy.
Definition 2024
fougasse
fougasse
English
Noun
fougasse (plural fougasses)
- A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
- An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.
Synonyms
- (land mine): fougade
Translations
old-fashioned type of land mine
French
Etymology 1
From earlier fougade, probably borrowed from Italian fogata (from fogare, from foga), with a change of suffix.
Noun
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Old Provençal fogatza, from Late Latin, Vulgar Latin focacia, from Latin focus. Compare Catalan and Occitan fogassa, Italian focaccia, Spanish hogaza. Doublet of the inherited fouace.
Noun
fougasse f (plural fougasses)
fougasse
- (cooking) fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)