fascine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fascine
1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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 Paul Barron Watson
When the fascine is choked and bound, saw the ends off square, 9 ins. outside the end binders.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
A fascine is a cylindrical bundle of brush, closely bound.
From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss
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 James A. (James Alfred) Moss
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
