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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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 mattress (Dutch: Zinkstuk, literally sink piece), is a large woven mat made of brushwood, typically willow twigs and shoots, used to protect...
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Removal of the turret would also allow six Class 60 trackways or three fascines to be carried on top of the vehicle. The Chieftain tank based "Willich...
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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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faggot, kid, kide, or kidde being Middle English for firewood in bundles. A fascine (or bavin) is a type of long faggot which is approximately 13 to 20 feet...
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been modified with mine-rollers. Close-support tanks, bridgelayers, and fascine carriers had been developed elsewhere also. However, the Funnies were the...
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approach channel to Rotterdam, low, broad, parallel jetties, composed of fascine mattresses weighted with stone, were carried across the foreshore into...
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guard for the first column of attack on 8 January 1815, and to carry the fascines and ladders which would enable the British troops to cross the ditch and...
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large crater was filled using an abandoned AVRE tank and several rolls of fascine, which were then covered by a temporary bridge. The beach and nearby streets...
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