Sasse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sasse is a noun meaning (obsolete) A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
Meaning
(obsolete) A sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
Example Sentences
Thence with him to the Trinity-house to dinner; where Sir Richard Brown, one of the clerkes of the Council, and who is much concerned against Sir N. Crisp's project of making a great sasse in the King's lands about Deptford, to be a wett-dock to hold 200 sail of ships.
Word Forms
- sasses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sluice, sluicegate, clough, go-out, sill, sloot.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.