fascine

[ fa-seen, fuh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Fortification.

a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.

fascine

/ fæˈsiːn; fə- /

a bundle of long sticks used for filling in ditches and in the construction of embankments, roads, fortifications, etc

Origin of fascine¹

1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine ¹

Origin of fascine¹

C17: from French, from Latin fascīna ; see fasces

Gustavus changed the color of his arms to gold, and altered the old fascine into a sheaf of grain.

The weight of a fascine of partially seasoned material will average 140 lbs.

The general object is to so dispose the brush as to make the fascine of uniform size, strength, and stiffness from end to end.

By the 20th of May, several fascine batteries had been erected, one of which mounted five forty-pounders.

A fascine revetment is made by placing the fascines as shown in Fig. 14.

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