单词 | foot troop |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot troop foot troop n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry foot folkc1325 pedaile?a1400 putaylea1425 foot band1517 fanterie1575 foot1578 foot troop1579 infantry1579 tolpatchery1864 PBI1916 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin vii. 372 The French..discouered the foote-troopes of the Genowaies. 1639 R. Ward Animadversions of Warre i. §xii. cxxvi. 317 If your Cavalry are by some accident to fight onely against some certaine foote Troopes of the enemies you must make choise of plaine fieldings. 1761 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 133 For 1205 horse, 2208 foot troops of Brunswick, together with subsidy..£57, 798 16 0. 1890 J. F. Finerty War-path & Bivouac ix. 112 By noon, most of the foot troops had acquired sufficient mastery over their ‘mounts’ to enable them to keep their saddles. 1998 J. M. Collins Mil. Geogr. for Professionals & Public iii. 41 Small-unit actions by foot troops predominate. < as lemmas |
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