单词 | remustering |
释义 | remusteringn. The action of mustering something again; (in later use chiefly Military (originally R.A.F.)) the action or process of assigning or being assigned to a different category of duties. ΚΠ 1856 Cal. State Papers, Domest. Ser., Edward VI., Mary, Elizabeth 345 Cannot certify the names of all the able men without remustering. 1864 New Haven (Connecticut) Daily Palladium 30 June The process of mustering out and remustering will have to be repeated. 1873 D. Masson Drummond of Hawthornden xii. 230 The moody remustering of Presbyterian humours. 1921 Times 12 Aug. 10/ Failure at the end of training is followed by remustering as non-technical aircraftmen. 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 14 A.C. 2 So-and-So has certain qualifications which make him suitable for re-mustering or training. 1970 C. P. Stacey Arms, Men & Govts. vii. vi. 438 On 25 July, after receiving General Stuart's instructions for moreremustering, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff at C.M.H.Q. (Brigadier M. H. S. Penhale) wrote, ‘it will be necessary to carefully work out a detailed programme’. 1991 T. C. Mitchell in J. Boardman Cambr. Anc. Hist. III. ii. xxix. 366 He may have been summoned to report to Sennacherib in view of rumours of the remustering of the Egyptian forces. 1995 Indian Def. Rev. 10 ii. 56 Even if all these persons..wish to continue in the Army in remustered categories, a policy of remustering one-fifth of them per year would produce about 19,000 optees for remustering. 1998 H. Strachan Way Up Way Out vii. 119 I think I'm going to apply for re-mustering as gunner and we'll see if we can fiddle things so we all end up in the same tactical squadron and the same kite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856 |
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