单词 | pace-stick |
释义 | > as lemmaspace-stick pace-stick n. a stick used to measure (military) paces. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring length > measuring rod or stick > to measure paces pace-stick1833 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. i. 16 The pace stick must be used to measure and regulate his step according as the time requires. 1876 Ld. Albemarle Fifty Years of my Life II. 219 Drill-sergeants followed them everywhere, to prove by the pace-stick whether they had accomplished the regulation number of inches at each stride. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army ii. 13 Young sergeants move with practised precision on their own or in pairs, twiddling extended pace-sticks. < as lemmas |
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