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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 192 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FASCINE (from the See also:Lat. fascina, fascis, a bundle of sticks)  , a large See also:faggot of brushwood used in the revetments of earthworks and for other purposes of military See also:engineering . The See also:British service See also:pattern of See also:fascine is 18 ft. See also:long; it is tied as tightly as possible at See also:short intervals, and the usual See also:diameter is 9 in . Similar bundles of See also:wood formed See also:part of the See also:foundations of the See also:early See also:lake-dwellings, and in See also:modern engineering fascines are used in making rough roads over marshy ground and in See also:building See also:river and See also:sea walls and breakwaters .

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