fagot

American  

[fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

British, faggot

noun

fagots plural

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

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• fagots
  plural

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)

“Stop that, sir!” cried the girl, rushing to the rescue with a burning fagot that she had seized 73 from the fire, and shaking it full in the assailant’s face.

From The Only Woman in the Town And Other Tales of the American Revolution by Prichard, Sarah J.

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

I say," cried Pierotte, with a sudden bright thought, "we will wait and bind one fagot for the mother's oven—the poor mother!

From A Round Dozen by Coolidge, Susan