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noun (plural fascines)
- (Fortification) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising battery, batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetty, jetties, etc.
- Quotations
- 1786: Halberts differ very little from the bill, being like them constructed both for pushing and cutting: a halbert consists of three parts, the spear, or sometimes a kind of sword blade for pushing, an ax, or hatchet for striking and cutting, and a flook or hook for pulling down fascines, in the attack of trenches, or temporary fortifications. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.
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