[a. Fr. fougasse, according to Hatz.-Darm. an alteration of FOUGADE.] ‘A small mine from 6 to 12 feet under ground, charged either with powder or loaded shells’ (Voyle).
1832. Southey, Penins. War, III. 414. Under the three angles of the glacis they placed fougasses.
1851. J. S. Macaulay, Field Fort., 224. From this box a powder-hose is led to the point at which it is intended to fire the fougasse.
