🚫 An offensive insult 🥘 A meatball dish 🌲 A bundle of sticks 🔩 To join metal rods 🧵 To stitch fabric

to faggot

9.9

To fasten iron rods together so they can be heated and joined

verb
/ˈfæɡət/

Archaic

: atar en haces

The blacksmith faggoted several iron rods before placing them in the forge.

Examples

To prepare for welding, the apprentices faggoted the metal strips tightly together.
Traditional ironworkers often faggot bundles of rods to form strong bars.
They faggot the iron rods together for the project.
In ancient times, workers faggoted several pieces of metal.
The blacksmith faggoted several iron rods before placing them in the forge.
To prepare for welding, the apprentices faggoted the metal strips tightly together.
In ancient times, workers faggoted several pieces of metal to create tools.

Synonyms

to fagot

vsto faggot

Archaic

9.9

To tie sticks or metal rods together into a bundle

is used for fastening iron rods specifically for heating and welding

Compounds

faggot marriage

Slur

9.9

An offensive and hateful way to talk about a same-sex marriage

faggot stitch

Specialized

9.9

A decorative sewing method that joins rows of threads or fabric edges in an open pattern

Surface Forms

faggot infinitive

faggoted past

faggoted past participle

faggoting present participle

faggots third person singular

Etymology

The verb faggot in metalwork comes from the same idea of a 'bundle' — metal rods were tied together so they could be heated or welded into one piece.