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close order drill en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Practice 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:
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Relateds

in close order · extended order drill

Translations (1)

mi tūmatohi (arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops)