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▪ I. recoˈnnoitring, vbl. n.
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. reconnoitre.
1778M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 68 The Light-horse advanced on the right for reconnoitering. 1851Gallenga Italy 247 His attempts against Peschiera and Mantua, which had no other object than mere reconnoitering.
attrib.1840W. B. Leigh (title) Reconnoitering Voyages and Travels, with Adventures in the New Colonies of South Australia, etc. 1870Daily News 1 Dec., The various skirmishes had only a reconnoitring end.
▪ II. recoˈnnoitring, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That reconnoitres.
1759Ld. G. Sackville Let. 16 June in Rep. MSS. Mrs. Stopford-Sackville 307 in Parl. Papers 1904 (Cd. 1892) XLVII. 1 Prince Ferdinand's and Marshal Contades' reconnoitering partys met this morning. 1799Wellington in Gurw. Desp. I. 27 They keep clear of our picquets, and are most probably a reconnoitring party. 1834–47J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. (1851) 251 The reconnoitring officer. 1877Field Exerc. Infantry 324 Reconnoitring and visiting patrols must avoid firing.
Hence recoˈnnoitringly adv., in a reconnoitring manner. rare.
1924A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl iv. iii. 324 Giles could almost see him nibbling reconnoitringly at the edge of the stained oak mantelpiece. |