† sasse Obs.
Also 7 soss.
[a. Du. sas, of obscure origin. The Fr. sas of the same meaning is prob. from Du.]
= lock n.2 9.
| 1642 C. Vermuyden Disc. Drain. Fens 22 A Sasse to be set to let water into old Welland to preserve Navigation. 1661–2 Pepys Diary 25 Jan. 1665 Dodson Design Drain. Fens 7 The Sosses at Stanground,..and others,..are of singular good use, yet I do affirm, there will be a necessity of having a Soss and Sleuce near Ditton. 1861 Smiles Engineers I. 57 A navigable Sasse or Sluice at Standground. |