FASCINE


Meaning of FASCINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fa-ˈsēn, fə- ]

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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