sap faggot

A form of sap fagot — A short fascine, approximately three feet in length, employed in sapping operations to fill gaps between gabions prior to the construction of a parapet.

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Meanings

nounsap faggot (plural sap faggots)

plural sap faggots

  1. alternativeAlternative form of sap fagot.

    A sap faggot is a short but very strong fascine, about 3 feet long, and 9 inches in diameter, composed also of stout picket stuff; which may be used, instead of sand bags, for filling the interstices between the gabions, at the head of a sap.

    1829, sir Charles William Pasley, Rules ... for conducting the practical operations of a siege, page 15
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