sap fagot

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sap fagot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sap \Sap\, n. (Mil.)
     A narrow ditch or trench made from the foremost parallel
     toward the glacis or covert way of a besieged place by
     digging under cover of gabions, etc.
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     Sap fagot (Mil.), a fascine about three feet long, used in
        sapping, to close the crevices between the gabions before
        the parapet is made.
  
     Sap roller (Mil.), a large gabion, six or seven feet long,
        filled with fascines, which the sapper sometimes rolls
        along before him for protection from the fire of an enemy.
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