fascine

Syllables: fasc·ine/fəˈsiːn/US/fəˈsin/

fascine noun: originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.

Noun

fascine (plural fascines)

Originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
(specifically) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.
- Our forces being landed and ſtationed as I have already mentioned, ſet about erecting a faſchine battery to cannonade the principal fort of the enemy, and in ſomething more than three vveeks, it vvas ready to open.1748, [Tobias Smollett], chapter XXXII, in The Adventures of Roderick Random. […], volume I, London: […] [William Strahan] for J[ohn] Osborn […], →OCLC, page 284
- 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 ſvvord blade for puſhing, an ax, or hatchet for ſtriking and cutting, and a flook or hook for pulling down faſcines, in the...1786, Francis Grose, “Morris Pikes”, in A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, […], London: […] S. Hooper, […], →OCLC, pages 51–52
(figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.

Verb

fascine (third-person singular simple present fascines, present participle fascining, simple past and past participle fascined)

(New Zealand, transitive) To use fascines to build or reinforce (something), or to fill in (a trench, etc.).

fascine meaning in Tamil

fascine in Tamil

கம்புக்கட்டு

Forms of fascine

Noun
plural	fascines
Verb
third-person singular present	fascines
present participle	fascining
past participle	fascined
past	fascined

Origin of fascine

The noun is borrowed from French fascine (“bundle of kindling; bundle of branches used to build defences, fill in ditches, etc.; logs arranged horizontally between piles on the banks of a watercourse as an erosion barrier”), from Old French faissine, from Latin fascīna (“bundle of sticks”), from fascis (“bundle of sticks, faggot, fascine; bundle, package; burden, load”) (ultimately from a late or pseudo-Proto-Indo-European root noun *bʰask- (“band; bundle”), actually originating from a substrate language or as an eastern Mediterranean Wanderwort) + -īna (the nominative, vocative, or ablative feminine singular of -īnus (suffix forming nouns)). The verb is derived from the noun.

Words formed from fascine

Phrases with fascine

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Words that rhyme with fascine

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Questions about fascine

What does fascine mean?: Fascine means originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
What is fascine in Tamil?: Fascine in Tamil is கம்புக்கட்டு. See Fascine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fascine?: Fascine can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce fascine?: Fascine is pronounced /fəˈsiːn/ (UK).
What is the plural of fascine?: The plural of fascine is fascines.

Words near fascine in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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