bundle of sticks or small branches of trees bound together. The faggots used in fortification, for raising batteries, filling ditches, &c., are termed fascines.

In times of religious persecution, the faggot was used as a badge, worn on the sleeve of the upper garment, to mark that the wearer had recanted or abjured his obnoxious opinions, and had done penance by carrying a faggot to some place appointed for the occasion.

The term faggot was also formerly a cant phrase in the army for a person hired to appear at musters, in order to conceal the deficiency of a company.