Fascine

Fascine Meanings:

• 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
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈsiːn/, /fæ-/
• (chiefly construction) Originally a cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, and now often a bundle of plastic pipes, bound together, and used for strengthening purposes, such as in revetments for riverbanks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
• (specifically, military fortification) A similar bundle of sticks of wood or plastic pipes used for filling in ditches for armoured fighting vehicles to drive over, and for making parapets, raising batteries, and strengthening ramparts.
• (figuratively, rare) Something which is used for defensive purposes.
• (transitive, originally military, chiefly New Zealand) To use fascines to build or reinforce (something), or to fill in (a trench, etc.).
• inflection of fasciner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
• inflection of fascinar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive