单词 | to comport the pike |
释义 | > as lemmasto comport the pike ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > position weapons > position pike to cheek a pike1608 to comport the pike1627 1627 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman (rev. ed.) xvi*. sig. Gg4v Postures for the Pyke... Shoulder: Port your Pykes. Comporte your Pykes. Order your Pykes. 1643 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl. (ed. 3) cxiii. 362 Comporting your Halfe-pikes marching, is to bee understood, when you march under Trees, or some such place where they cannot bee ordered or advanced. 1650 R. Elton Compl. Body Art Mil. (1668) viii. 6 The comporting of the Pike is only useful to the souldier marching up a hill; for if then he should be shouldered, the butt-end of the Pike would always be touching of the ground. 1688 J. S. Mil. Discipl. 7 Captains and Lieutenants are to carry their pikes comported. < as lemmas |
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