fagot
Pronunciation:
/ˈfæɡ.ət/noun
Definitions
(collective) A bundle of sticks or brushwood intended to be used for fuel tied together for carrying. (Some sources specify that a faggot is tied with two bands or withes, whereas a bavin is tied with just one.)
Burdensome baggage.
A bundle of pieces of iron or steel cut off into suitable lengths for welding.
A burning or smouldering piece of firewood.
noun
Definitions
A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
A fagotto, or bassoon.
A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.
verb
Definitions
To make a fagot of; to bind together in a fagot or bundle.