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Definition of Fougasses
1. fougasse [n] - See also: fougasse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fougasses
Literary usage of Fougasses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunshot Injuries, Their History, Characteristic Features, Complications, and by Thomas Longmore (1895)
"... -—fougasses are strong cases containing explosiv ... trod on one of these
fougasses, but being : , , mi, i ai the time, ..."
2. The Elements of Field Fortifications: For the Use of the Cadets of the by Junius Brutus Wheeler (1898)
"Shell-fougasses.—A shell fougasse is a box containing loaded shells, ...
This charge is fired by means of a fuze, or by electricity, like other fougasses. ..."
3. Trench Warfare: A Manual for Officers and Men by Joseph Shuter Smith (1917)
"fougasses. These are used in connection with obstacles and are really land mines
loaded with stones, bricks, etc. An excavation is made in conical shape ..."
4. Field Works by Charles Booth Brackenbury (1888)
"... entanglements—Chevaux de Frise—Crow's-feet—Military pits—Palisades — Fraises —
fougasses — Inundations — Barricades — Use of accidents—Hollows—Walls— ..."
5. Elements of Fortification: Field and Permanent. by Auguste Frédéric Lendy (1857)
"(64) fougasses are mines placed at the bottom of small shafts sunk in advance of
the counterscarp. ..."
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