| 单词 | to club the battalion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto club the battalion 11. Military (transitive) To throw (a body of soldiers) into a confused and disorganized mass. Also as a figurative expression to club the battalion: see quots. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > form (line, column, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > stand in line with > cause to fall out of line disray1300 disarraya1387 disrange1485 disrank1609 stagger1720 club1806 1806 W. Windham Speeches Parl. 3 Apr. (1812) II. 334 There is an expression known in the army, applicable to what happens sometimes under an unlucky field-officer, and is called ‘clubbing the battalion’. 1806 W. Windham Speeches Parl. 3 Apr. (1812) II. 335 The Honourable Gentlemen..have completely ‘clubbed the battalion’. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Philip Fogarty in Burlesques ii In one instant thirty thousand men were in inextricable confusion. ‘Clubbed, by Jabers!’ roared out Lanty Clancy. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 326 The force, though clubbed and broken into clusters of men. < as lemmas |
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