fascine knife

短语

发音

UK /fəˈsiːn ˌnaɪf/
其它
UK /fæ-/
US /fəˈsin ˌnaɪf/
UK /fəˈsiːn ˌnaɪvz/
US /fəˈsin ˌnaɪvz/

词形变化

fascine knives 复数 fascine knives

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    历史 工程 政治 军事

词源

From 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.”).

来源：wiktionary