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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)

  1. A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence.
  2. An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles.

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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)

  1. (military) fougasse (land-mine)

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
  1. (cooking) fougasse (lattice-shaped bread associated with Provence)