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Fascins vs Fascine - What's the difference?

fascins | fascine |

As nouns the difference between fascins and fascine

is that fascins is plural of fascin while fascine is 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.

fascins

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Noun

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    • fascine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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, [[jetty, 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.

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    * (wikipedia "fascine")

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