fagot
[
fag
-
uh
t]
/ˈfæg ət/
noun
1.
a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
2.
a bundle; bunch.
3.
a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.
4.
bouquet garni
.
verb (used with object)
5.
to bind or make into a fagot.
6.
to ornament with
fagoting
.
Also,
British,
faggot
.
Origin
1250-1300;
Middle English
<
Anglo-French,
Old French;
of obscure origin
Related forms
fagoter,
noun
unfagoted,
adjective
British Dictionary definitions for
fagot
faggot
1
/
ˈfæɡət
/
noun
1.
a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel
2.
a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron
3.
a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried
4.
a bundle of anything
verb
(
transitive
)
5.
to collect into a bundle or bundles
6.
(
needlework
) to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)
Word Origin
C14: from Old French, perhaps from Greek
phakelos
bundle
Word Origin and History for
fagot
n.
early spelling of
faggot
(n.1).