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Webster 1913 Edition
Fascine
Fas-cine′
,Noun.
(Fort. & Engin.)
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fascine
FAS'CINE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
fascine
fascine
See also: fasciné
English
Noun
fascine (plural fascines)
- (fortification) 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.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.:
- Halberts differ very little from the bill, being like them constructed both for pushing and cutting: a halbert consists of three parts, the spear, or sometimes a kind of sword blade for pushing, an ax, or hatchet for striking and cutting, and a flook or hook for pulling down fascines, in the attack of trenches, or temporary fortifications.
- 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.:
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fa.sin/
Verb
fascine
- first-person singular present indicative of fasciner
- third-person singular present indicative of fasciner
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fasciner
- third-person singular present subjunctive of fasciner
- second-person singular imperative of fasciner
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Portuguese
Verb
fascine
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of fascinar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of fascinar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of fascinar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of fascinar
Spanish
Verb
fascine
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of fascinar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of fascinar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of fascinar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of fascinar.