Fās'çes, n. pl.

nounplural

(fās/sēz), n. pl. [Lat. fascis, bundle, allied to fascia, band. See infra.] (Rom. Antiq.) An ax tied up with a bundle of rods, and borne before the Roman magistrates as a badge of their authority. Dryden.

A bundle of rods bound together around an axe, with a long handle extending below.
Fasces.