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double time
[double a. 4.]
1. Mil. [time n. 11.] Formerly, a pace of 150 steps in the minute, i.e. twice the number of those in slow time. According to the regulations in force c 1896 in the British Army it consisted of 165 steps of 33 inches (= 4533/4 ft.) to the minute. In the U.S. Army (according to Funk & Wagnall) double time has superseded double-quick (q.v.) and is fixed at 180 steps of 36 inches a minute.
1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 21 The Double March..is 150 steps in the minute, each of 36 inches. 1851J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. 168 They are immediately to return at a double pace. 1853Stocqueler Milit. Encycl. s.v. Pace, In quick time, 108 paces..are taken in a minute..in slow time, seventy-five..In double time, 150.
2. Mus. [time n. 12.] Double the time specified or previously used. spec. in Jazz: see quot. 1961. So double-time v. intr.
1877W. S. Gilbert Sorcerer (1957) i. 217 Time was when this old heart would have throbbed in double-time at the sight of such a fairy form! 1939D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. 81 He..went into double time on the cymbal. Ibid., He stayed right there double timing one-handed on the cymbal. 1961A. Berkman Singers' Gloss. Show Business Jargon 19 Double time, doubling up the rhythmic beat without changing the singer's melody line. |