/sæs/
OriginDutch sas, from French sas (“the basin of a waterfall”).
- obsoleteA sluice or lock, as in a river or canal, to make it more navigable.
“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”
Formssasses(plural) · Sasses(plural)