fascine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fascine
1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine 1
Example Sentences
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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
On this assemblage of straight lines we place repeated layers of others, without troubling about similarity of position, thus obtaining a sort of ragged fascine, whose sticks project on every side.
From The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
By the 20th of May, several fascine batteries had been erected, one of which mounted five forty-pounders.
From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Charles Roger
A fascine is something usually made of woven branches which will hold dirt in position.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Frederick Palmer
On the north-east side the army broke ground on the 25th of February; and on the western side, towards La Caste, fascine batteries were erected with all possible expedition.
From The History of the First West India Regiment by A. B. (Alfred Burdon) Ellis
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