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fascine

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fas⋅cine

  [fa-seen, fuh-]
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–noun Fortification.
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
Origin:
1680–90; < F < L fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine 1
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fas·cine   (fā-sēn', fə-)   
n.  A cylindrical bundle of sticks bound together for use in construction, as of fortresses, earthworks, sea walls, or dams.

[French, from Latin fascīna, from fascis, bundle.]
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