DCHP-1 Online
anse [< F] 
n. a cove or bay (mainly in place names).
- 1821 (1900) [We] came to a small narrow channel formed by Rocks and in a few Minutes arrived at the Aine [Anse] du Bonnet which is a Portage of ten paces.
- 1860 (1956) Thus I spoke one day to a half-breed . . . on the shore of the Anse. . . .
- 1896 Certain topographical terms of Acadian origin occur upon our maps as . . . Anse, a cove.
- 1821 (1900) [We] came to a small narrow channel formed by Rocks and in a few Minutes arrived at the Aine [Anse] du Bonnet which is a Portage of ten paces.