Fascine

“A bundle of rods or small sticks of wood bound at both ends and in the middle, used in fortification, raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

Military, fortification, bundle, wood, structure, sticks, ditches, fascine, raising batteries, ramparts, parapets

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Military Fortification

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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