Arch. [AF. souse (1395 in Rymer, Fœdera, VII. 794), app. a later form of SOURCE sb. 1.] (See quots. and SOURCE sb. 1.)

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1836.  Parker, Gloss. Archit. (1850), I. 431. Souse, an old term for a corbel, now become obsolete.

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1842.  Gwilt, Archit., Gloss., Souse or Source, a support or under-prop.

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