单词 | foot regiment |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot regiment foot regiment n. now historical ΚΠ 1587 B. Rich Path-way Mil. Pract. sig. E.4v A Colonell Generall is a place of great authority, and is to commaunde all other Colonelles of foote regimentes. 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre v. i. 161 The Colonell of a Foot-Regiment..amongst the old Romans..commanded a Tertio or Regiment. 1759 W. Harte Hist. Life Gustavus Adolphus I. 50 Wrangel directed the third station at the head of his own and Ruthven's foot-regiments, with 700 cavalry. 1870 C. R. Markham Life Ld. Fairfax vii. 61 A foot regiment was..formed in solid square battalions ten deep, called tertias, the pikes in the centre, and the musketeers on either flank. 2015 Nottingham Post (Nexis) 21 May 16 One of the regular foot regiments which drew its manpower from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire was the 45th Foot. < as lemmas |
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