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Open order   /ˈoʊpən ˈɔrdər/   Listen
Open order

noun
1.
A military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass.





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"Open order" Quotes from Famous Books



... bandoleers, went out of use about the period of King Philip's War. The fifty-seven postures provided in the approved manual of arms for loading and firing the matchlock proved too great a handicap in the chase of the nimble savage. In this era the frontier fighter adapted himself to a more open order, and lighter equipment suggested by ...
— The Frontier in American History • Frederick Jackson Turner
... too low— Gets us though on the ricochet! Open order and in we go, Steel, cold steel, and we'll make ...
— New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 - April-September, 1915 • Various


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


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