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Definition of Fougasse
1. Noun. A type of lattice-shaped bread associated with the area of Provence. ¹
2. Noun. An old-fashioned type of land mine, in the form of a foxhole filled with explosives or projectiles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fougasse
1. fougade [n -S] - See also: fougade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fougasse
Literary usage of Fougasse
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sebastopol Trenches and Five Months in Them by Reynell Pack (1878)
"... Infernal fougasse—Its Ignition at Night— The Quarries and Egerton's Pit—Terrific
Explosion of a fougasse —The Troops Depressed by the fougasse. ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1891)
"A shell fougasse is simply a box buried in the ground, the lower part filled with
powder and the upper with shells. It is generally self-exploding, ..."
3. A French-English Military Technical Dictionary by Cornélis De Witt Willcox (1899)
"fougasse: en plein sur, (art.) to fall directly upon (I ... shell fougasse;
type (axis at 45°, and the excavated earth forming a parapet behind): en déblai, ..."
4. A Text-book on Field Fortification by Gustave Joseph Fiebeger (1913)
"A stone fougasse is a mine so arranged that upon its explosion a sector of the
... If placed in front of the ditch of a redout the fougasse should be ..."
5. The Terror: A Romance of the French Revolution, Tr. from the Provençal of by Félix Gras (1898)
"Why, once I took two men prisoners with nothing but a fougasse.” “With a fougasse,
a cake! ... It was a nice crusty fougasse. fried in the best olive oil. ..."
6. Tales of Languedoc by Samuel Jacques Brun (1896)
"He carried a bundle swung on the end of a stick over his shoulder — it was a big
fougasse tied in a napkin. The little boy carried on his back, ..."
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