fagot

American  

[fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

British, faggot

noun

1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.

2. a bundle; bunch.

3. a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.

4. bouquet garni.

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verb (used with object)

1. to bind or make into a fagot.

2. to ornament with fagoting.

Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• fagoter
  noun
• unfagoted
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of fagot

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Flanked with an enormous fagot of roses, the championship cup glittered on a table beside the court.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jean-Claude rose to put on a fagot, then sat down again, muttering,—"Bah! this cannot last; we shall receive a letter one of these days."

From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre

She found the donkey standing still and patient between his fagot bundles.

From The Firebrand by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

"The stream of light which descended from the beginning" was propagated by fagot to fagot, until Christendom was filled with the devouring fires of faith.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Ingersoll, Robert Green

Having provided himself with a fagot, which he secreted beneath his bed, he supped as usual in the evening of yesterday, eating heartily at eleven o'clock, and retiring to rest by twelve.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James