A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.

A bundle of sticks bound together, used to strengthen the sides of trenches or earthen work ramparts.

a long bundle of sticks or twigs used to line a trench.

a bundle of brushwood bound tightly into a six-foot diameter roll