fagot

English

/ˈfæɡ.ət/

noun
Definitions
  • (alternative form of) faggot
  • 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.
  • (music) A fagotto, or bassoon.
  • (UK) A person hired to take the place of another at the muster of a company.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian fagotto (bassoon) derived from Latin fascis (bundle, band, bundle of wood, package, faggot, burden, load).

Origin

Latin

fascis

Gloss

bundle, band, bundle of wood, package, faggot, burden, load

Concept
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Basic actions and technology

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