fascine

  • 11Fascine knife — The fascine knife was a side arm issued to 19th century light infantry and artillery. It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool for cutting fascines (bundles of sticks used to strengthen the sides of trenches or earth ramparts protecting… …

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  • 12fascine drainage — žabų drenažas statusas T sritis ekologija ir aplinkotyra apibrėžtis Dirvų sausinimo būdas, kai drėgmės perteklius šalinamas žabų drenomis. atitikmenys: angl. fascine drainage vok. Faschinendränage, f; Faschinenentwässerung, f rus. фашинный дренаж …

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  • 13fascine — noun Etymology: French, from Latin fascina, from fascis Date: circa 1688 a long bundle of sticks of wood bound together and used for such purposes as filling ditches and making revetments for riverbanks …

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  • 14FASCINE — s. f. Fagot de branchages dont on se sert pour combler des fossés, accommoder de mauvais chemins, faire des batteries pour le canon, et d autres ouvrages semblables. On commanda des fascines à toute la cavalerie. On envoya des soldats jeter des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 15FASCINE — n. m. Fagot de branchages dont on se sert pour combler des fossés, réparer de mauvais chemins et faire des ouvrages de défense …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 16fascine — /fa seen , feuh /, n. Fort. a long bundle of sticks bound together, used in building earthworks and batteries and in strengthening ramparts. [1680 90; < F < L fascina bundle of sticks. See FASCES, INE1] * * * …

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  • 17fascine — noun A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc …

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  • 18fascine — n. bundle of tree branches used for filling ditches or building embankments …

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  • 19fascine — [fa si:n] noun a bundle of rods or pipes bound together, used as filling or strengthening material in civil and military engineering. Origin C17: via Fr. from L. fascina, from fascis bundle …

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  • 20fascine — n. (Fort.) Bundle of sticks or twigs …

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