sausage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
  2. noun a small nonrigid airship used for observation or as a barrage balloon
    sausage balloon; blimp.

WordNet

Sau"sage noun
Etymology
F. saucisse, LL. salcitia, salcicia, fr. salsa. See Sauce.
Definitions
  1. An article of food consisting of meat (esp. pork) minced and highly seasoned, and inclosed in a cylindrical case or skin usually made of the prepared intestine of some animal.
  2. A saucisson. See Saucisson. Wilhelm.

Webster 1913