| 单词 | off the strength |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the strength j. Military. off the strength: (so as to be) not entered on, or removed from, the rolls of a regiment, corps, etc., or (now historical) the register of soldiers' wives and children recognized by the military authorities; opposed to on the strength. ΚΠ 1794 in E. Moor Compilation Discipline & Expenditure Bombay Army (?1804) xxv. §6 It is sir Robert Abercromby's orders, that when the invalids in his Majesty's service embark for Europe, the regiments strike them off the strength of their return. 1877 E. F. Du Cane Rep. Discipline & Managem, Mil. Prisons 25 Out of 100 prisoners,..3 got into trouble about a wife off the strength. 1897 United Serv. Mag. Nov. 147 Married soldiers are of two categories, those married ‘on the strength’ and those married ‘off the strength’. 1947 S. Bagnall Attack vii. 143 Absentees were struck off the strength so soon as it was known that they had gone absent. 2005 D. French Mil. Identities 256 In 1914 married men, whether they were married on or off the strength, were given a separation allowance for their wives and children. < as lemmas |
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