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close order drill

close order drill noun: practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.

Noun

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

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

Forms of close order drill

pluralclose order drills
alternative formclose-order drill

Questions about close order drill

What does close order drill mean?
Close order drill means practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
What part of speech is close order drill?
Close order drill is a noun.
What is the plural of close order drill?
The plural of close order drill is close order drills.

Words near close order drill in the dictionary

  1. close ones
  2. close only counts in horseshoes
  3. close only counts in horseshoes and darts
  4. close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades
  5. close order
  6. close order drill
  7. close out
  8. close protection
  9. close quarter
  10. close quarters
  11. close range

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