‖ hausse
(həʊs)
[F. hausse, from hausser to raise.]
A kind of breech-sight for a cannon.
| 1787 J. Jeffray MS. Th. on Guns addr. to Dk. Richm., I have never seen this Hausse de culasse. 1818 Descr. Sights for Navy proposed by Congreve 34 Neither the Hausse nor any other sort of dispart. a 1859 Ordnance Man. U.S. 112 Pendulum Hausse or tangent scale. 1887 Rep. Chief Ordnance U.S., 8 Pendulum Hausses: 3 inch gun. |