| 单词 | rallying square |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrallying square rallying square n. chiefly Military a defensive square-shaped formation of troops arranged in ranks facing outwards; also in extended use. ΚΠ 1824 H. W. Torrens Field Exercise Army (rev. ed.) ii. 66 (heading) To form the Rallying Square. 1846 Littell's Living Age 20 June 614/2 A herd [sc. of elephants]..huddled together in a sort of rallying square and looked on. 1859 Times 24 Nov. 12/3 Great confusion and havoc among any number of infantry running in disorder to form rallying square. 1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 187 Pyecroft kept him at bay with a rake-handle while our party, in rallying-square, retired..to the car. 1935 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 30 May 8/4 I was among the Constables that formed rallying square. 2001 I. F. W. Beckett Mod. Insurgencies & Counter-insurgencies ii. 36 The use of rallying squares..would have been suicidal against Europeans with modern weapons. < as lemmas |
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