Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Souse \Souse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soused}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Sousing}.] [Cf. F. saucer to wet with sauce. See {Souse}
   pickle.]
   1. To steep in pickle; to pickle. ``A soused gurnet.''
      --Shak.

   2. To plunge or immerse in water or any liquid.

            They soused me over head and ears in water.
                                                  --Addison.

   3. To drench, as by an immersion; to wet throughly.

            Although I be well soused in this shower.
                                                  --Gascoigne.

Source : WordNet®

sousing
     n : the act of making something completely wet; "he gave it a
         good drenching" [syn: {drenching}, {soaking}, {souse}]