A bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as is used in bakers' ovens, differing from a faggot in being bound with only one withe or band…
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释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines (20) bavin1528 A bundle of brushwood or light underwood, such as is used in bakers' ovens, differing from a faggot in being bound with only one withe or band… gabion1544 A container, typically a basket of wicker or brushwood (later sometimes of other materials), cylindrical in shape and open at both ends, designed to… grand-maund1579 a gabion. saucisse1604 = saucisson, n. 3. sconce-korf1629 a gabion. cannon-basket1630 A cylindrical basket or other similar container filled with earth, stones, etc., and used in fortifications; = gabion, n. 1a. sausage1645 Military. = saucisse, n., saucisson, n. 3. chandelier1664 Military. ‘A wooden frame, which was filled with fascines, to form a traverse in sapping’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.), and cover the sappers. fascine1669 Military. A long, cylindrical bundle of twigs or brushwood, tightly bound together at short intervals; used for various purposes, such as the… musket-basket1688 a basket filled with earth, used as a shield from behind which to fire a musket (see quot. 1704). saucisson1702 Military. A large fascine. fascinery1751 Fascines collectively; construction work composed of fascines. Formerly also: †fencing consisting of a wooden framework interlaced with twigs or… basket1753 Military. A gabion. Subcategories:— collectively (3) — components of (3) — action of making (1) |
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