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fascines

fascines is the plural of fascine.

Meaning of fascine

Noun

fascine (plural fascines)

  1. 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.
  2. (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
  3. (figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.

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Questions about fascines

What is fascines the plural of?
Fascines is the plural of fascine.

Words near fascines in the dictionary

  1. fascine
  2. fascine knife
  3. fascine knives
  4. fascined
  5. fascinery
  6. fascines
  7. fascining
  8. fascinoma
  9. fascinomas
  10. fascinous
  11. fascins

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