A
tightly bound bundle of brushwood and small straight branches. Fascines were
used as revetment material to retain soil composing the interior slopes of
parapets, sides of traverses, and chamber walls of field powder magazines.
They were also used as foundation material to fix the slope of gabion revetments
and as crowning material to solidify gabion revetments. Fascines were sometimes
used as fill material to bridge ditches covering field works during an assault.
A fascine could also be used in gun platforms in place of a scantling hurter
to arrest the wheels of a gun carriage and prevent the wheels from striking
and damaging the interior slope. Simple field magazines could also be constructed
with interior roofs composed of crossing layers of fascines. Fascines were
also used to constructed blindages in front of batteries under construction
and to cover the tops of saps or galleries when these works were exposed
to fire from a higher elevation and could not otherwise be easily defiladed.
A
tightly bound bundle of brushwood and small straight branches. Fascines were
used as revetment material to retain soil composing the interior slopes of
parapets, sides of traverses, and chamber walls of field powder magazines.
They were also used as foundation material to fix the slope of gabion revetments
and as crowning material to solidify gabion revetments. Fascines were sometimes
used as fill material to bridge ditches covering field works during an assault.
A fascine could also be used in gun platforms in place of a scantling hurter
to arrest the wheels of a gun carriage and prevent the wheels from striking
and damaging the interior slope. Simple field magazines could also be constructed
with interior roofs composed of crossing layers of fascines. Fascines were
also used to constructed blindages in front of batteries under construction
and to cover the tops of saps or galleries when these works were exposed
to fire from a higher elevation and could not otherwise be easily defiladed.
