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Webster 1828 Edition


Fougade

FOUG'ADE

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Noun.
[L. focus.]
In the art of war, a little mine, in the form of a well, 8 or 10 feet wide, and 10 or 12 deep, dug under some work, fortification or post, charged with sacks of powder and covered with stones or earth, for destroying the works by explosion.

Definition 2024


fougade

fougade

English

Noun

fougade (plural fougades)

  1. (military, historical) A kind of land mine; a fougasse.