A trumpet call or drumroll at early morn. Also attributive, as dian-sounding.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal on instrument > specific signals (21) dian1591 A trumpet call or drumroll at early morn. Also attributive, as dian-sounding. alvarado1598 A signal given in the morning; spec. one given to discharge a night watch. retreat1600 Military. The recall of a pursuing force. Obsolete. rare. reveille1633 A signal indicating that it is time to wake or get up; spec. a signal used to awaken personnel in the armed forces, typically sounded on the bugle… preparative1635 A military or nautical signal communicated by means of a drum, bugle, etc., or (at sea) with a flag, or (more recently) by radio, as an order to… leveta1640 A trumpet call or musical strain to rouse soldiers and others in the morning. charge1650 Military. A signal for the attack sounded on a trumpet or other instrument. (Also figurative) gathering1653 A signal (by beat of drum, sound of pipes, etc.) for assembling. reveil1668 = reveille, n. 1. Chiefly with the. chamade1684 A signal by beat of drum or sound of trumpet inviting to a parley. assembly1728 A military call by drum or bugle. Cf. assemble, n.2 rouse1789 Military. Now chiefly with capital initial. A signal call played (typically on the bugle and traditionally after the reveille) to indicate it is… roll-call1793 Military. A signal made, esp. by drum or bugle, to summon soldiers to roll-call (sense 1a). dinner call1799 Originally Military. A sound used to announce that dinner is ready to be served and eaten; spec. a trumpet or bugle call used for this purpose in the… taps1824 Plural taps n. U.S. Military a signal sounded on the drum or trumpet, fifteen minutes after the tattoo, at which all lights in the soldiers'… recall1825 A sound made as a signal to return; (esp. Military) a signal sounded on a bugle or other instrument to call soldiers back to ranks or to camp, or… fall-in1834 a signal summoning troops to fall in (to fall in 9a(a) at fall, v. phrasal verbs 1). last post1845 (a) Military (in the United Kingdom and some Commonwealth countries) the second of two bugle calls giving notice of the hour for retiring at… lights out1864 lights out: a direction that lights must be extinguished at the end of the day (originally Military and conveyed by a bugle call, subsequently in… post1864 A bugle call giving notice of the hour for retiring at night. first post: the first such call to be sounded. assemble1883 The second beat of the drum, or other signal, ordering soldiers to strike their tents and stand to their arms. Cf. assembly, n. 9. |
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