echelonn.

Brit.

/ˈɛʃəlɒn/,

/ˈeɪʃlɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/

Forms: Also echellon.

Etymology: < French échelon, < échelle ladder.

a. ‘A formation of troops in which the successive divisions are placed parallel to one another, but no two on the same alignement, each division having its front clear of that in advance’ (Stocqueler). Also attributive. in echelon (also French en échelon): drawn up in this manner. direct echelon, oblique echelon: see quot. 1832¹. echelon-lens: see lens n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > other formations

herse1523

shears1562

snail1579

rendy1581

saw battle1598

shear-battle1598

file1616

horn battle1635

sconce-battle1635

potence1760

echelon1796

marching order1819

harrow1876

zariba1887

1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 74 The Echellon (or diagonal) changes of position.

1803 Duke of Wellington Mem. in Dispatches (1837) II. 332 The 74th was not in an echellon.

1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 531/2 The..rear-guard..was perceived drawn up en echellon.

1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 46 Direct Echellon—Is when the Line is broken into several parts, moving direct to the front or rear in succession..Oblique Echellon—Is when the Line is broken into several parts by wheels from Line, or Column, less than the quarter circle, so as to be oblique to the former front, and parallel with each other.

1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 69 The..Troops..advance in echellon.

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 167 If you do not stir, he [raven] will drop down..and begin to hop in an echellon fashion.

b. Each of the subdivisions in the rear of the main supply service for troops in warfare (see also quot. 1929).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches

baggage1603

field train1692

Corps of Wagoners1802

wagon-corps1810

subsistence department1820

baggage-train1841

rear echelon1852

Control Department1867

Army Service Corps1869

A.S.C.1871

pay corps1876

Q1916

echelon1922

1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 493/2 One corps..was subdivided at all échelons into telephone units, wireless units, and visual units.

1924 L. E. Vining Held by Bolsheviks 88 People are coming to me in numbers asking me to get their trains and echelons away.

1924 L. E. Vining Held by Bolsheviks 104 Each echelon commander is demanding to have his train put on the west-bound track.

1929 Encycl. Brit. VII. 895/2 The word is also used..in military organization to indicate parts of the headquarters organization which are left in rear of the fighting zone.

1948 A. Baron From City, from Plough xvii. 155 There was a clutter of signboards..with the emblems of battalions and brigades blazing a trail for their rear echelons to follow.

1955 Times 7 June 6/5 Their transport echelon, supplying them from the comparative comfort of the reserve, is now known as ‘the passive wing’.

c. New Zealand. (See quot. 1941.)

ΚΠ

1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang iii. 24 The New Zealand application, dating from 1939, of echelon to a division of an Expeditionary Force..represents a new meaning applied to an old term.

1947 C. V. Smith in J. Reid Kiwi Laughs (1961) 152 They are only a few short of the number that went overseas with the first Echelon.

2. Used for: One of the divisions of an army marching in echelon.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > echelon

echelon1807

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 260 Disposed..all his ardent train, To charge, change front, each echellon sustain.

1862 Guardian 23 Apr. 400/2 Each échelon..deployed into line.

3. transferred. A grade or rank in any (esp. civil) administration or profession. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade

mannishOE

placec1330

state1340

gree1382

conditionc1384

sectc1384

sortc1386

ordera1400

raff?a1400

degreea1425

countenancec1477

faction?1529

estate1530

race1563

calibre1567

being1579

coat1579

rang1580

rank1585

tier1590

classis1597

strain1600

consequence1602

regiment1602

sept1610

standinga1616

class1629

species1629

nome1633

quality1636

sort1671

size1679

situation1710

distinction1721

walk of life1733

walk1737

stage1801

strata1805

grade1808

caste1816

social stratum1838

station1842

stratum1863

echelon1950

1950 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. 1/3 ‘The catalogue will be confined to posts in the higher echelons,’ said Mr. Ross.

1951 Here & Now (N.Z.) May 20/2 The United States delegation on any one day may, on the other hand, amount to as many as 100 people (with reserve echelons of advisers, experts, consultants and translators in Washington).

1957 P. Frankau Bridge 203 Do educationalists get as drunk when they convene as the lower echelons do?

1958 Times 12 Jan. 5/3 The higher echelons of the law and politics have become almost an Oxford preserve.

1969 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 15/1 A security leak in the top echelon of the Civil Service.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

echelonv.

Brit.

/ˈɛʃəlɒn/, U.S.

/ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/

Etymology: < echelon n., or < French échelonner.

a. transitive. To arrange (troops) in the form of an echelon; to dispose in divisions at successive intervals. Mostly in past participle; also absol.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in echelon

echelon1864

1864 Sat. Rev. 380/2 150,000 troops echelonned over the country.

1879 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/7 To echelon the flanks of the attacking force somewhat to the rear.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > be arranged in other specific manner [verb (intransitive)]

echelon1859

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > arrange in other specific manner [verb (transitive)] > other spec.

chequer1677

quincunx1847

echelon1859

1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. II. ii. 44 Miseries we had to undergo, like so many pin-pricks echeloned on our passage.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 5/1 Along the infinite ascending spiral which leads from earth to heaven..the whole human race is echeloned at irregular intervals.

Derivatives

ˈecheloned adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adjective] > other spec.

quincuncial1601

triangled1610

squared1667

dot-and-dash1850

echeloned1857

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [adjective] > arranged in echelons

echeloned1857

1857 C. Adams Great Campaigns 76 The echeloned formation of his divisions.

1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans iv. 65 The Cordilleras..run from south to north along the coast, and terminate in echeloned folds which retreat successively westwards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	echelon
释义	echelonn. Brit. /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, /ˈeɪʃlɒ̃/, U.S. /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/ Forms: Also echellon. Etymology: < French échelon, < échelle ladder. 1. a. ‘A formation of troops in which the successive divisions are placed parallel to one another, but no two on the same alignement, each division having its front clear of that in advance’ (Stocqueler). Also attributive. in echelon (also French en échelon): drawn up in this manner. direct echelon, oblique echelon: see quot. 1832¹. echelon-lens: see lens n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [noun] > other formations herse1523 shears1562 snail1579 rendy1581 saw battle1598 shear-battle1598 file1616 horn battle1635 sconce-battle1635 potence1760 echelon1796 marching order1819 harrow1876 zariba1887 1796 Instr. & Regulations Cavalry 74 The Echellon (or diagonal) changes of position. 1803 Duke of Wellington Mem. in Dispatches (1837) II. 332 The 74th was not in an echellon. 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 531/2 The..rear-guard..was perceived drawn up en echellon. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 46 Direct Echellon—Is when the Line is broken into several parts, moving direct to the front or rear in succession..Oblique Echellon—Is when the Line is broken into several parts by wheels from Line, or Column, less than the quarter circle, so as to be oblique to the former front, and parallel with each other. 1832 Proposed Regulations Cavalry iii. 69 The..Troops..advance in echellon. 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands I. 167 If you do not stir, he [raven] will drop down..and begin to hop in an echellon fashion. b. Each of the subdivisions in the rear of the main supply service for troops in warfare (see also quot. 1929). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > administration and supply branches baggage1603 field train1692 Corps of Wagoners1802 wagon-corps1810 subsistence department1820 baggage-train1841 rear echelon1852 Control Department1867 Army Service Corps1869 A.S.C.1871 pay corps1876 Q1916 echelon1922 1922 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 493/2 One corps..was subdivided at all échelons into telephone units, wireless units, and visual units. 1924 L. E. Vining Held by Bolsheviks 88 People are coming to me in numbers asking me to get their trains and echelons away. 1924 L. E. Vining Held by Bolsheviks 104 Each echelon commander is demanding to have his train put on the west-bound track. 1929 Encycl. Brit. VII. 895/2 The word is also used..in military organization to indicate parts of the headquarters organization which are left in rear of the fighting zone. 1948 A. Baron From City, from Plough xvii. 155 There was a clutter of signboards..with the emblems of battalions and brigades blazing a trail for their rear echelons to follow. 1955 Times 7 June 6/5 Their transport echelon, supplying them from the comparative comfort of the reserve, is now known as ‘the passive wing’. c. New Zealand. (See quot. 1941.) ΚΠ 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang iii. 24 The New Zealand application, dating from 1939, of echelon to a division of an Expeditionary Force..represents a new meaning applied to an old term. 1947 C. V. Smith in J. Reid Kiwi Laughs (1961) 152 They are only a few short of the number that went overseas with the first Echelon. 2. Used for: One of the divisions of an army marching in echelon. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > echelon echelon1807 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad vii. 260 Disposed..all his ardent train, To charge, change front, each echellon sustain. 1862 Guardian 23 Apr. 400/2 Each échelon..deployed into line. 3. transferred. A grade or rank in any (esp. civil) administration or profession. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > distinction of class > level or grade mannishOE placec1330 state1340 gree1382 conditionc1384 sectc1384 sortc1386 ordera1400 raff?a1400 degreea1425 countenancec1477 faction?1529 estate1530 race1563 calibre1567 being1579 coat1579 rang1580 rank1585 tier1590 classis1597 strain1600 consequence1602 regiment1602 sept1610 standinga1616 class1629 species1629 nome1633 quality1636 sort1671 size1679 situation1710 distinction1721 walk of life1733 walk1737 stage1801 strata1805 grade1808 caste1816 social stratum1838 station1842 stratum1863 echelon1950 1950 N.Y. Times 20 Apr. 1/3 ‘The catalogue will be confined to posts in the higher echelons,’ said Mr. Ross. 1951 Here & Now (N.Z.) May 20/2 The United States delegation on any one day may, on the other hand, amount to as many as 100 people (with reserve echelons of advisers, experts, consultants and translators in Washington). 1957 P. Frankau Bridge 203 Do educationalists get as drunk when they convene as the lower echelons do? 1958 Times 12 Jan. 5/3 The higher echelons of the law and politics have become almost an Oxford preserve. 1969 Daily Tel. 8 Feb. 15/1 A security leak in the top echelon of the Civil Service. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). echelonv. Brit. /ˈɛʃəlɒn/, U.S. /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/ Etymology: < echelon n., or < French échelonner. a. transitive. To arrange (troops) in the form of an echelon; to dispose in divisions at successive intervals. Mostly in past participle; also absol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in echelon echelon1864 1864 Sat. Rev. 380/2 150,000 troops echelonned over the country. 1879 Daily News 1 Mar. 5/7 To echelon the flanks of the attacking force somewhat to the rear. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > be arranged in other specific manner [verb (intransitive)] echelon1859 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > arrange in other specific manner [verb (transitive)] > other spec. chequer1677 quincunx1847 echelon1859 1859 F. C. L. Wraxall tr. J. E. Robert-Houdin Mem. II. ii. 44 Miseries we had to undergo, like so many pin-pricks echeloned on our passage. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 June 5/1 Along the infinite ascending spiral which leads from earth to heaven..the whole human race is echeloned at irregular intervals. Derivatives ˈecheloned adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adjective] > other spec. quincuncial1601 triangled1610 squared1667 dot-and-dash1850 echeloned1857 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [adjective] > arranged in echelons echeloned1857 1857 C. Adams Great Campaigns 76 The echeloned formation of his divisions. 1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans iv. 65 The Cordilleras..run from south to north along the coast, and terminate in echeloned folds which retreat successively westwards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1796v.1857
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