Fascine
in fortification, a cylindrical bundle of faggots or brushwood used in revetments of earthworks. When the limbs are stouter and longer than usual, it is called a saucisse or saucisson. In civil engineering fascines are used in making sea and river walls to protect shores subject to washing; or to collect sand, silt, and mud to raise the bottom and gradually form an island, either as a breakwater against inroads, or for purposes of cultivation, as in Holland.