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

By the cheerful blaze of that fire, which was renewed from time to time by dried brush, the American frontier substitute for the fagot, were the scenes I am about to mention enacted.

From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore

She sat down on a fagot to think it over.

From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

Science had shown him a Deity existing at the head of a fagot of immutable laws.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

Little did Martin dream that it was the last fagot she possessed laid upon the altar of his self-esteem.

From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen