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fagot
(fag′ət)
noun
- a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches, esp. for use as fuel
- 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
- to make into a fagot; form fagots of
- Sewing to decorate with fagoting
See fagot in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also fag·got
noun- A bundle of twigs, sticks, or branches bound together.
- A bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded or hammered into bars.
- To bind into a fagot; bundle.
- 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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