close order drill

noun

Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.

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Meanings

nounclose order drill (countable and uncountable, plural close order drills)

plural close order drills · alternative close-order drill

  1. countableuncountablegovernmentPractice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.

    Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.

    2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, →ISBN, page 340
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    Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”

    2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, →ISBN, page 186

    One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.

    2008, Gregg Stoner, The Yellow Footprints to Hell and Back, →ISBN

Translations

Māori tūmatohi
  • tūmatohiarranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops
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