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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[D.

sas

, fr. F.

sas

the basin of a waterfall.]

A sluice or lock, as in a river, to make it more navigable.

[Obs.]

Pepys.

Noun.

A sluice, canal or lock on a navigable river; a word found in old British statutes.

See also: sasse and Sasse

sassé m ‎(feminine singular sassée, masculine plural sassés, feminine plural sassées)