Look up: fascine

1. Fascine
   Huge bundle of brushwood for revetting ramparts or filling in ditches.
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2. fascine
   Bundle of wood, used to help tanks cross trenches in World War I. The bundle was tightly wrapped on top of the tank and on arrival at a trench too wide to be crossed unaided, the fascine was...
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3. fascine
   brushwood which has been rolled into cylindrical bundles and secured with wire; a bundle of brushwood used to help make a road foundation on marshy or unstable ground; also to form a barrier against erosion of the bank of, or to accumulate sand, silt etc. in, a watercourse Category: agriculture, ...
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4. Fascine
   Fas·cine' noun [ French, from Latin fascina a bundle of sticks, from fascis . See Fasces .] (Fort. & Engin.) A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthen...
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5. fascine
   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. ... Origin: F, fr. L. Fascina a bundle of sticks, fr. Fascis. See Fasces. ......
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6. Fascine
   • (n.) 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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7. Fascine
   A fascine was a bundle of wood, used to help tanks cross trenches in the Great War. The bundle was tightly wrapped on top of the tank and on arrival at a trench too wide to be crossed unaided, the fascine was released to fall into the trench. The tank then dropped into the trench, landed on the
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8. Fascine
   Wood bundles used as cover in defensive lines.
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9. Fascine
   , Germany. Riverbank strengthened with fascines. A `fascine` () is a rough bundle of brushwood used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams from erosion, covering marshy ground and so on. Early military u...
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