echeloning

Verb

echelon (third-person singular simple present echelons, present participle echeloning, simple past and past participle echeloned)

1. (transitive) To form troops into an echelon.
   • July 1, Montcalm made a movement in advance, echeloning his troops from Fort Carillon to the foot of Lake George, to curb the enemy, and obstruct their landing.1860, François-Xavier Garneau, “Battle of Carillon (Ticonderoga). 1758.”, in Andrew Bell, transl., History of Canada, from the Time of Its Discovery till the Union Year (1840–1): Translated from...

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