drill floor

noun

An area (especially in a drill hall) in which military drill is carried out

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Meanings

noundrill floor (plural drill floors)

plural drill floors

  1. An area (especially in a drill hall) in which military drill is carried out

    In the three weeks since, the city has repeatedly relocated evacuees on short notice. To reopen schools, it bused many to armories, turning drill floors into open dormitories for the first time since a 1980s lawsuit halted the practice.

    2012 November 20, Nina Bernstein, “Storm Bared a Lack of Options for the Homeless in New York”, in New York Times
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APA

drill floor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20floor

MLA

“drill floor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20floor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drill floor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drill%20floor.

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