The fascine knife was a side arm / tool issued to 17th to 19th century light infantry and artillery. It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool...
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A fascine (pronounced /fəˈsiːn/) is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across...
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broom hook. In American English a billhook may sometimes be called a "fascine knife". Made on a small scale in village smithies and in larger industrial...
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Claymore E-tool Fascine knife French Nail French raiding hammer Hatchet Mace Machete Pickaxe handle Push dagger Spade Stiletto Trench knife Trench raiding...
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been a practical weapon for combat without a shield, but served as a fascine knife or a machete to clear fields for the guns. It also served for other...
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Swiss arms and armour List of sword types List of daggers Swiss saber Fascine knife Anton Künzi: Schweizerdegen in German, French and Italian in the online...
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Scottish long dagger (biodag); Hanger or wood-knife, a type of hunting sword or infantry sabre; Certain fascine knives: Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword, is...
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Sabre (fencing) U.S. regulation swords (sabres, and in some instances fascine knives shaped like short swords) Classification of swords List of daggers...
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profanity fascis fasc- bundle fasces, fascicle, fascicular, fasciculation, fascine †fasciculus fascicul- fatuus fatu- foolish, useless fatuous, infatuation...
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sidearms by dismounted units, although these were gradually replaced by fascine knives and sword bayonets as the century went on. Although there was extensive...
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