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The fascine knife was a side arm / tool issued to 17th to 19th century light infantry and artillery. It served both as a personal weapon and as a tool...

A fascine (pronounced /fəˈsiːn/) is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across...

broom hook. In American English a billhook may sometimes be called a "fascine knife". Made on a small scale in village smithies and in larger industrial...

Claymore E-tool Fascine knife French Nail French raiding hammer Hatchet Mace Machete Pickaxe handle Push dagger Spade Stiletto Trench knife Trench raiding...

been a practical weapon for combat without a shield, but served as a fascine knife or a machete to clear fields for the guns. It also served for other...

Swiss arms and armour List of sword types List of daggers Swiss saber Fascine knife Anton Künzi: Schweizerdegen in German, French and Italian in the online...

Sabre (fencing) U.S. regulation swords (sabres, and in some instances fascine knives shaped like short swords) Classification of swords List of daggers...

Scottish long dagger (biodag); Hanger or wood-knife, a type of hunting sword or infantry sabre; Certain fascine knives: Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword, is...

profanity fascis fasc- bundle fasces, fascicle, fascicular, fasciculation, fascine †fasciculus fascicul- fatuus fatu- foolish, useless fatuous, infatuation...

Embrasure: an opening in a parapet or casemate, for a gun to fire through. Fascine is a bundle of sticks or similar, were used in military defences for revetting...

sidearms by dismounted units, although these were gradually replaced by fascine knives and sword bayonets as the century went on. Although there was extensive...