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fas·cine

 (fă-sēn′, fə-)
n.
A cylindrical bundle of sticks bound together for use in construction, as of fortresses, earthworks, sea walls, or dams.
[French, from Latin fascīna, from fascis, bundle.]
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fascine

(fæˈsiːn; fə-)
n
(Building) a bundle of long sticks used for filling in ditches and in the construction of embankments, roads, fortifications, etc
[C17: from French, from Latin fascīna; see fasces]
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fas•cine

(fæˈsin, fə-)

n.
a bundle of sticks bound together, used as reinforcement in the construction of earthworks, as dikes and ramparts.
[1680–90; < French < Latin fascīna. See fasces, -ine3]
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Fascine

 long cylindrical bundle of wood bound together for use in construction of dams, jetties, etc., 1688.
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They also saw, amidst this terrible fire, which filled the air with whistling hisses, officers handling the shovel, soldiers rolling barrows, and vast fascines, rising by being either carried or dragged by from ten to twenty men, cover the front of the trench reopened to the center by this extraordinary effort of the general.
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In addition, 3,000 metres of 'fascines' or bundles of brushwood will be dug in to the landscape to stabilise stream banks and slopes and new areas of land will be fenced for sustainable grazing by sheep and cattle, the Trust said.
PS2.6m plan to tackle flood risk; project will use natural means to slow water flow
Cette vague imperialiste a fait que les jeunes dans le monde arabe sont depourvus de conscience, fascines par une culture superficielle.
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Un jeu dur, physique et agressif Le moins que l'on puisse dire, c'est que la majorite des joueurs ayant pris part a cette joute amicale semblent deja fascines par la methode Rajevac avec un schema tactique 4-2-3-1, base sur un jeu dur, physique et agressif.
EC la decouverte de la methode Rajevac
Fascines par l'histoire du pays, le soleil et la mer, les hotes du Royaume optent generalement soit pour le circuit des villes imperiales soit pour le balneaire, deux segments traditionnels du Royaume.
Villes imperiales et balneaires, marques deposees du tourisme marocain
Deux yokozuna, le plus haut grade dans le monde du sumo, ont effectue hier mardi leur pelerinage du Nouvel An dans un temple shintoiste de Tokyo, devant quelque 3000 spectateurs fascines par ce rituel.
Sumo: pelerinage de deux grands champions dans un sanctuaire de Tokyo
"I was driving a front loader, a big civilian tractor with a load of fascines in the bucket.
'The Taliban were shooting .. but I knew it was just something that had to be done' HONOURS FOR ARMED FORCES HEROES
Soil bioengineering techniques were used above this elevation--specifically live fascines, brush mattresses, and live stakes--to stabilize the upper bank slope.
A soil bioengineering success: Elm Creek stream bank stabilization
Two other techniques (live fascines and joint planting) are described which have been widely employed, but which we feel have much less utility as environmental stabilization methods.
ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR Stabilizing Urban Streams

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