society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > [verb (transitive)] > draw up (troops) > in line or rank > in proper alignment (2)
dressa1382
Military. transitive. To draw up (troops) into proper alignment; to form (troops) into a phalanx or line of battle. Also occasionally in extended use.
rank1573
transitive. To arrange or draw up (people, esp. soldiers) in a rank or ranks. Now rare.