A kind of military manœuvre.

Military. The bringing a line of musketeers to the front from the rear of a body of pikemen.

Historical. A military manœuvre, exercise or evolution, performed under arms; a solemn procession round a funeral pile.

A feigned or false attack. Also in phrases in feint, to make a feint. Military. A movement made with the object of deceiving an enemy as to a…

Military. The action or fact of debouching.

Military. Chiefly in plural = pincer movement at compounds 2.

Military. (See quot. 1918.)

Military. Designating an operation involving the convergence of two forces from opposite directions on an enemy position; chiefly in pincer movement…

The act or result of linking up; spec. (a) of troops, or in a military context; (b) of spacecraft.