fascine

American  

[fa-seen, fuh-] / fæˈsin, fə- /

noun

Fortification.

1. a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts.

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fascine British  

/ fæˈsiːn, fə- /

noun

1. a bundle of long sticks used for filling in ditches and in the construction of embankments, roads, fortifications, etc

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Etymology

Origin of fascine

1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna bundle of sticks. See fasces, -ine ¹

Example Sentences

As they discussed the options, a third group arrived, dismantled the original structure and rebuilt it as a 20ft-deep fascine.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2017

Puff the Magic Dragon is an old C-47 transport rigged with three 7.62 Gatling-type guns �each a fascine of six machine-gun barrels.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the 20th of May, several fascine batteries had been erected, one of which mounted five forty-pounders.

From The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 by Roger, Charles

The circumference of a fascine should be 25 inches.

From Military Instructors Manual by Schoonmaker, Oliver

One day Elizabeth, looking across at a fascine battery where the enemy's fire was hottest in return, discovered Archdale standing in the most exposed position, watching and giving orders with an imperturbable face.

From The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886 by Various