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regimental, a. and n.|rɛdʒɪˈmɛntəl|
[f. regiment n. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. Of or belonging to, associated with, a regiment, or with some particular regiment.
1659J. Jones Let. 1 Dec. in J. Mayer Inedited Lett. Cromwell & Other Regicides (1861) 112 But crosse windes stayed the messenger at the water side till saturday last, soe that the tyme of meeteing at whitehall is come upon us before wee canne have any regimental meetings of o[u]r offic[e]rs. 1702Lond. Gaz. No. 3843/4 He is 5 foot 9 inches, in his Regimental Clothes. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., App. s.v. Hospital, Regimental hospitals are of the greatest importance. 1776J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 406 It is right, I believe, to make the rule of promotion among captains and subalterns regimental only. 1829Regul. & Ord. Army (1844) 10 The Regimental, or Second, Standard, or Guidon, is to be of the Colour of the Facing of the Regiment. 1880Gen. Adye in 19th Cent. April 703 With only seven officers in a regiment, a system of pure regimental rise by single battalions cannot well be applied.
fig.1845J. Saunders Pict. Eng. Life 8 Chaucer had not much relish for the regimental school of rhythm. 1848Clough Amours de Voy. i. 110 With metallic beliefs and regimental devotions.
2. Mil. slang. Maintaining or observing strict discipline.
1919Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/1 Regimental, an Old Army adjective for a strict disciplinarian. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 154 Regimental... As an adjective, applied to an officer or N.C.O. who was a stickler for details. ‘So-and-so's too regimental for words.’
B. n.
1. a. pl. The dress proper to or characteristic of any particular regiment; military uniform.
1742Lond. Mag. 610 The Gold Lace on their Regimentals. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxi, He..entered, handsomely dressed in his regimentals. 1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. Notes 159 Regimentals are the best travelling dress. 1863Sat. Rev. 19 Sept. 375 When he..was no nearer Empire than a tame eagle and some sham regimentals could carry him.
fig.1749Fielding Tom Jones vi. ix, The pale livery of death succeeds the red regimentals in which love had before drest her cheeks. 1832Lytton Eugene A. ix, Miss Nelly blushes when he speaks, scarlet is love's regimentals.
b. transf. Prison clothes.
1838Dickens O. Twist xviii, Stating that his ‘time’ was only out an hour before; and that..having worn the regimentals for six weeks past [etc.].
†2. A military or regimental uniform. Obs. rare.
a1794Colman Man of Business ii. (D.), If they had been ruled by me, they would have put you into the guards. You would have made a sweet figure in a regimental. 1795Anderson Brit. Emb. China 7 The regimental consisting of a very coarse blue jacket, with a vest and breeches of the same colour.
Hence regiˈmentalism; ˌregimenˈtality; regiˈmentalled ppl. a.
1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 190 Gypsiety and regimentality can never be turned into one another. 1789Poetry in Ann. Reg. 156 The regimental'd and the trowser'd trains. a1896Lady Burton in Wilkins Rom. Lady Burton (1897) I. x. 364 Peppering their conversation with an occasional Hindustani word,..and plentiful regimentalisms. |