fascine

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von fascine im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc

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.

{n} a bundle of faggots

{i} bundle of tree branches used for filling ditches or building embankments

Silbentrennung

fas·cine

Etymologie

() From the French fascine, from the Latin fascīna (“bundle of sticks”).