单词 | left guide |
释义 | > as lemmasleft guide c. One of the two officers of a company, called respectively the right guide and left guide, who superintend the movements of the company, and mark the pivots, formations, etc. in military evolutions. Also: a vessel by the movements of which the others are guided in the manœuvres of a fleet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun] > marker marker1796 guide1870 1870 Field Exercise & Evolutions Infantry (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 59 The commander of the company will be termed ‘the captain’, the senior subaltern, ‘the right guide’, and the junior subaltern ‘the left guide’. 1870 Field Exercise & Evolutions Infantry (rev. ed.) ii. vi. 68 On the word Advance, the guide will select points to march on. 1899 Daily News 21 July 10/3 The meaning of the term ‘Guide of the Fleet’ will now be apparent. The Europa is the only vessel which has nothing to do except go straight ahead on the course set by the Admiral, all the others depending upon her. < as lemmas |
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