单词 | route marching |
释义 | route marchingn. The action of marching over a long distance, now often as part of a training exercise. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > evolution > [noun] > marching > other specific march forced march1769 route marching1788 route march1800 defile1835 road march1855 road marching1872 1788 D. Dundas Princ. Mil. Movements 71 The movements of the Open Column, are the foundation and mean of all route marching. 1810 W. Duane Mil. Dict. 378/1 In common route marching, the battalion..may be carried on at a natural pace of about 75 steps in a minute. 1896 Daily Tel. 21 Aug. 3/2 Too much ‘route-marching, pipe-claying, and starching’ tends to dulness and apathy. 1922 P. Guedalla Second Empire v. 63 Route-marching had no terrors for a young man who had walked over the Splügen with his tutor. 1948 Altoona (Pa.) Mirror 17 Jan. 8/4 On light duty for six or eight weeks before he was allowed to do route marching. 2008 A. Iarocci Shoestring Soldiers i. 35 Route marching..taught soldiers to move for miles at a time in large groups. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1788 |
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