fascine
a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.
Origin of fascine
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How to use fascine in a sentence
Footnote 74: Fascines—bundles of sticks, mixed with earth, and used for filling ditches in the construction of forts.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 | Abraham TomlinsonOriginally the Vasa arms were black, the bundle of sticks representing one of the old fascines used in warfare to fill up ditches.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa | Paul Barron WatsonThese reveal a people who built their huts for safety upon piles or upon fascines anchored in the small lakes.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 | Charles Wyllys ElliottThe levees here are simply banked fascines, stone land earth, to keep the river from cutting into the shores.
The houseboat book | William F. WaughThe fascines were used for filling up ditches, and the advances against the town were pushed forward with vigour.
Orange and Green | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for fascine
/ (fæˈsiːn, fə-) /
a bundle of long sticks used for filling in ditches and in the construction of embankments, roads, fortifications, etc
Origin of fascine
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