the pace of a single step in marching, taken to be 30 inches for quick time (120 paces to the minute) in both the British and US armies
military pace in American English
noun
a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 21⁄2 ft. (76 cm) for quick time and 3 ft. (91 cm) for double time
Examples of 'military pace' in a sentence
military pace
I march on at a military pace, ignoring them all, and kind of wishing they'd just go home and leave me alone.