The story
- Norman · derived fromcauchie
- English todaycausey
From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernsey Norman cauchie.
First known use, by meaning
- 14th–18th c. An embankment holding in water; a dam.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.