fascine knives

fasc·ine knives
UK/fəˈsiːn ˌnaɪvz/UK/fæ-/US/fəˈsin ˌnaɪvz/

A form of fascine knife — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of fascine knife
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