Fougasse, in military science, an explosive mine so arranged as to hurl a volume of stones in the faces of an attacking force.
Fougasse
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 750
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Fougasse, in military science, an explosive mine so arranged as to hurl a volume of stones in the faces of an attacking force.