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Close order   /kloʊs ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Close order

noun
1.
A military formation for drill or marching.






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"Close order" Quotes from Famous Books



... heads were bare, save for a thick mop of black hair, arranged in curls which reached to the shoulders; and each man was armed with a long lance, or spear, and a shield, or target, similar to those seen on the previous day. They advanced in single file and close order, and appeared to be under the command of a man who wore a feather head-dress, whose tunic was adorned with a pattern round the hem and armholes, worked in what looked like crimson braid, upon which were sewn close together a large number of small circular disks of ...
— The Adventures of Dick Maitland - A Tale of Unknown Africa • Harry Collingwood

... Sacred Book these naughty savages proved to him absolutely conclusively that the numbers of fugitives were such that even supposing them to have marched—men, women and children—FIVE ABREAST and in close order, they would have formed a column 100 miles long, and this not including the baggage, sheep and cattle! Of course the feat was absolutely impossible. They could not have passed the Red Sea in a night or a ...
— Pagan & Christian Creeds - Their Origin and Meaning • Edward Carpenter



Words linked to "Close order" :   war machine, armed forces, military machine, military, military formation, armed services



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