A food made of ground meat (or meat substitute) and seasoning, packed in a section of the animal's intestine, or in a similarly cylindrical shaped syntheticcasing; a length of this food.
From late Middle English sausige, from Anglo-Norman saussiche (compare Norman saûciche), from Late Latin salsīcia (compare Spanish salchicha, Italian salsiccia), neuter plural of salsīcius, derivative of Latin salsus ("salted"), from sal. More at salt. saucisse. See also Sicilian sausizza.
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