fascine knife
A large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and…A large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and infantry soldiers as a sidearm and a tool for cutting fascines (“cylindrical bundles of small sticks of wood, used for strengthening purposes”) and other things.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A large, heavy knife or short sword used by 17th- to 19th-century artillery and infantry soldiers as a sidearm and a tool for cutting fascines (“cylindrical bundles of small sticks of wood, used for strengthening purposes”) and other things.
Faschinenmesser
теса́кtesák
тесакtesak
Translations
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Origin
From fascine + knife, from one use of such knives which was to cut wood for fascines and gFrom fascine + knife, from one use of such knives which was to cut wood for fascines and gabions (“cylindrical wicker baskets or cages filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications, etc.”).
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Forms
plural: fascine knives| Singular | fascine knife |
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