| 单词 | oblique echelon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoblique echelon 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. < as lemmas |
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