单词 | fascinery |
释义 | fascineryn. Military and Civil Engineering. Now rare. Fascines collectively; construction work composed of fascines. Formerly also: †fencing consisting of a wooden framework interlaced with twigs or brushwood and used as a defence against the sea (obsolete). Cf. fascinage n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines bavin1528 gabion1544 grand-maund1579 saucisse1604 sconce-korf1629 cannon-basket1630 sausage1645 chandelier1664 fascine1669 musket-basket1688 saucisson1702 fascinery1751 basket1753 1751 Diary 7 Oct. in G. Forrest Life Ld. Clive (1918) I. ix. 146 They had little difficulty in making a breach, which Captain Clive being resolved to defend, endeavoured to raise with fascinery on the inside. 1776 J. Smeaton Reports (1797) I. 271 Lastly to construct some grynes of fascinery, or stake and rice-work upon the beach. 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XVIII. at Horse Horses, in Engineery, is applied in some maritime districts to the jetties or erections of wood or fascinery, made to protect the sea walls from the waves. 1998 H. Bucksch Wörterbuch GeoTechnik (2014) 359/2 Fascinen(pack)werk,..fascine revetment, fascine work, fascinery. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1751 |
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