fascinaden.
/ˌfasᵻˈneɪd/, U.S. /ˌfæsəˈneɪd/ Military. historical and rare after early 18th cent.
Probably: a defensive structure composed of fascines (fascine n. 1a). Cf. fascinage n.Apparently only with reference to the Siege of Bouchain (1711), which took place under the command of the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession (1700–14).
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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > gabions or fascines > collectively
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1711 F. Hare Bouchain 26 From this time we carry'd on our Fascinades with great quietness, which in a day or two more were brought within 700 Paces from one to the other, and cover'd by good Redoubts.
1736 T. Lediard Life Marlborough III. 171 A Bridge of Hurdles and Planks..by which their Fascinades were join'd.
1938 W. S. Churchill Marlborough (2002) IV. xxvi. 858 The French took possession of this, improving it as a route and protecting it, as entrenching was, of course, impossible, by a system of fascinades, never used before or since in war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- to the best of a person's knowledge
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- to the best of one's recollection, belief, ability, etc
- to the best the extent of one's power
- to the best the uttermost of one's power
- to the bitter end
- to the blazes
- to the blood
- to the bone
- to the boot
- to the bottom of one's heart
- to the bottomward
- to the bridgeward
- to the centreward
- to the cityward
- to the comparison of
- to the consignation of
- to the contrary
- to the courage of
- to the credit of
- to the crop-ward
- to the cropward
- to the day
- to the dayward