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

• 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

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

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

Science had shown him a Deity existing at the head of a fagot of immutable laws.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

After the soup stock boils remove whatever scum has risen, put in the fagot, the turnip, the carrot, the onion stuck with cloves, and for the four quarts of soup a heaping tablespoonful of salt.

From A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery by Corson, Juliet

He glanced at the bowl of his dead pipe, leaned forward and drew a burning fagot from the fire for its relighting; then, at length, he spoke with a judicial deliberation.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville