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单词 fascinery
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fascineryn.

Brit. /faˈsiːn(ə)ri/, /fəˈsiːn(ə)ri/, U.S. /fəˈsin(ə)ri/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: fascine n., -ery suffix.
Etymology: < fascine n. + -ery suffix. Compare earlier fascinade n., fascinage n.
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.
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines
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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).
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