[a. F. bagasse, ad. Sp. bagazo, husks of olives, grapes, etc., after pressing; perh. a variant of bagage ‘lumber, trash’ (Minsheu), with augmentative suffix -azo: cf. BAGGAGE 4.] The refuse products in sugar-making, whether from the cane or from beet.
1854. in Ure, Dict. Arts.
1881. Hedges, Sug. Canes, 23. On the opposite side of the mill is another apron, for conveying the Bagasse.
1882. Contemp. Rev., Sept., 360.
Bagasse-burner, a furnace for consuming bagasse.
1883. G. W. Cable, in Century Mag., Jan., 391/2. The huge, square, red brick bagasse-burner, into which, during the grinding season, the residuum of crushed sugar-cane passes unceasingly day and night.
