Fougade, Fougasse

[Fr., from Lat. focus, a fireplace.] ( Mil. ) A small mine, made by sinking a pit about ten or twelve feet below the surface of the ground, and putting a wooden case at the bottom, containing several pounds of powder, and occasionally some shells. It was formerly fired by means of a sauci on, - a long narrow bag of linen filled with powder, - which was protected from injury likely to arise from the dampne of the ground by inclosing it in a casing of wood. The sauci on communicated with the fouga e at one end, while the other was brought in a shallow trench under the earth to any point from which the train might be conveniently fired. Fouga es are generally made in the glacis of a work, to throw the attacking party into confusion when an attempt is made to take the work by storm. A very destructive kind of fouga e is made by filling the hole that has been excavated to receive the powder with rough stones, as well as earth. In modern warfare, fouga es are exploded by means of the electric sparks, and by detonating powder, with which wires communicate that are laid in the path by which the a ailants advance to the attack. Fougères, ( foō - zhair ,) a town of France, dep. Ile-etVilaine, cap. arrond., on a hill near the Nançon, 27 m. N. E. of Rennes. In the 15th cent. F. was considered one of the keys of Britt any. Manuf . Sail-cloth and hemp fabrics, flannels, hats, leather, . Pop . 10,278. Fought, ( fawt ,) imp . and pp . of FIGHT, q. v.