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单词 close fight
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close fight
b. Hence, as attribute of nouns of condition, e.g. close order, close rank, or of action, as close fight, close combat, with various elliptical extensions, as close distance, etc.
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nigh adjoinant1429
prestc1450
near-bordering1604
close1625
near adjoining1625
next door (to)1633
proxime1646
contiguous1779
proximate1836
juxta1860
1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 18 The second Distance..is called Close, and is a foote and a halfe distance from man to man.
a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James V in Wks. (1711) 105 They dared both fight in close Arms.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xix. 220 Closs Fighting with Sword and Target.
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 4 Close files; is the distance..when each man's boot-top touches, but without pressing.
1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 141 The formation from close column into line.
1797 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry (rev. ed.) When the squadron takes close order.
1808 W. Scott Marmion i. v. 27 But, in close fight, a champion grim.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece X. ii. lxxx. 474 Eminent for close-rank fighting.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 216 Close formation..in which the men stand in each rank as close together shoulder to shoulder as the free use of their weapons will allow.
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