fascine

American  

[fa-seen, fuh-] / fæˈsin, fə- /

noun

Fortification.

1. a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.

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fascine British  

/ fæˈsiːn, fə- /

noun

1. a bundle of long sticks used for filling in ditches and in the construction of embankments, roads, fortifications, etc

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Etymology

Origin of fascine

1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

As they discussed the options, a third group arrived, dismantled the original structure and rebuilt it as a 20ft-deep fascine.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2017

Puff the Magic Dragon is an old C-47 transport rigged with three 7.62 Gatling-type guns �each a fascine of six machine-gun barrels.

From Time Magazine Archive

The general object is to so dispose the brush as to make the fascine of uniform size, strength, and stiffness from end to end.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by Moss, James A. (James Alfred)

Gustavus changed the color of his arms to gold, and altered the old fascine into a sheaf of grain.

From The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa by Watson, Paul Barron

Mornay had followed him, sword in hand, and then came Chicot; behind them the young Huguenot gentlemen, crying, "Vive Navarre!" and each with a fascine, which he threw in, and the fosse was soon filled.

From The Forty-Five Guardsmen by Dumas père, Alexandre