fagot

(fagət)

noun

  1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches, esp. for use as fuel
  2. Metallurgy a bundle or heap of iron or steel pieces to be worked into bars by hammering or rolling at welding temperature

Origin: ME < OFr, with change of suffix < VL *facellum < Gr phakelos, a bundle

transitive verb

  1. to make into a fagot; form fagots of
  2. Sewing to decorate with fagoting

See fagot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also fag·got

noun
  1. A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
  2. A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
transitive verb fag·ot·ed also fag·got·ed, fag·ot·ing also fag·got·ing, fag·ots also fag·gots
  1. To bind into a fagot; bundle.
  2. To decorate with fagoting.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Old Provençal

Origin: , possibly from Vulgar Latin *facus

Origin: , from Greek phakelos, bundle

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