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fascine

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fas·cine  (f-sn, f-)
n.
A cylindrical bundle of sticks bound together for use in construction, as of fortresses, earthworks, sea walls, or dams.
[French, from Latin fascna, from fascis, bundle.]
Fascine long cylindrical bundle of wood bound together for use in construction of dams, jetties, etc., 1688.


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In building defense installations, sandbags, mats, and fascine and brushwood of indigenous, locally available materials are used to reinforce the sides of foxholes, dugout shelters, trenches, emplacements, and communication and connecting trenches.
Tactics: the art of defense by Military Thought
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