Illustration of fagoting
- fagoting 1
variants
or faggot
: bundle: such as
a
: a bundle of sticks
b
: a bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be shaped by rolling or hammering at high temperature
variants
or faggot
fagoted or faggoted; fagoting or faggoting; fagots or faggots
: to make a fagot (see fagot entry 1) of : bind together into a bundle
fagoted sticks
fag·ot·ing
ˈfa-gə-tiŋ 
variants
or faggoting
1
: an embroidery produced by pulling out horizontal threads from a fabric and tying the remaining cross threads into groups of an hourglass shape
2
: an openwork stitch joining hemmed edges
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“Fagot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fagot. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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