noun
- A bundle of sticks or branches bound together, used in military engineering to fill ditches, reinforce embankments, or construct fortifications.
Usage: military/engineering term; often used in plural
Examples
- The soldiers carried fascines to the riverbank to build defensive barriers.
- Medieval engineers used fascines to strengthen the castle walls against siege weapons.
- A fascine is a practical tool in fortification when stone and mortar are scarce.
- The construction crew laid fascines across the soft ground to create a stable foundation.
- During the Civil War, fascines were commonly employed in trench construction.