fagot

American  

[fag-uht] / ˈfæg ət /

British, faggot

noun

1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.

2. a bundle; bunch.

3. a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.

4. bouquet garni.

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verb (used with object)

1. to bind or make into a fagot.

2. to ornament with fagoting.

Other Word Forms

• fagoter noun
• unfagoted adjective

Etymology

Origin of fagot

1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin

Example Sentences

Flanked with an enormous fagot of roses, the championship cup glittered on a table beside the court.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thereupon the stranger vanished, and the man was caught up with his stock and his fagot into the moon, where he stands yet.

From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

In my old �sop, toiling with his bundle,— His load of sticks,—politely asking Death, Who comes when called for,—would he lug or trundle His fagot for him?—he was scant of breath.

From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.

Sharp little raps and cracks came from its substance, file-firing, volley-firing, the sounds of a fagot burning briskly on a frosty night.

From The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah