Faggot (unit)
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A faggot, in the meaning of "bundle", is an archaic English unit applied to bundles of certain items. Alternate spellings in Early Modern English include fagate, faget, fagett, faggott, fagot, fagatt,
Woman Carrying a Faggot, Mihály Munkácsy
Fascine
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A fascine is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams
Faggot (unit)
…A long faggot was also called a kidd 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 (4 to 6 m) long and 8 to 9 inches (20 to 23 cm) in diameter and used to maintain…
Templin Channel in Templin, Germany. The riverbank was strengthened with fascines.
Two chandeliers stacked with fascines.
British Mark V tanks carrying crib fascines, 1918.
Single fascine launch near Hannover – Centurion AVRE