Fascine knife

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA 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.

Synonyms

fascine fascinum fauchion fasciation fauchon faulchion fusile faulchin falchion fascio fusileer fusil

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