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▪ I. manœuvre, n.|məˈnjuːvə(r), məˈnuːvə(r)|
Also 5 maanovre, 8–9 maneuver, 9 U.S. manœuver.
[a. F. manœuvre (OF. also manuevre, maneuvre, 13th c.) = Pr. manovra, Sp. maniobra, Pg. manobra, It. manovra:—late L. manopera, vbl. n. from manoperāre: see manœuvre v., which occurs in Fr. earlier than the n. The OFr. word is represented in Eng. by mainour and manure ns.]
†1. Hand-labour. Obs. rare—1.
1479Ricart Calendar (Camden) 28 This yere [24 H. III] was the Trenche y-made and y-caste of the ryvere,..by the maanovre of alle the Cominalte.
2. Mil. and Naval. The planned or regulated movement or evolution of troops or vessels of war; a strategic movement or change of position; a device in navigation; exercise or a movement in military or naval tactics.
1758Misc. in Ann. Reg. 373/2 Coup de main, and Manœuvre, might be excusable in Marshal Saxe, as he was in the service of France..; but we cannot see what apology can be made for our officers lugging them in.., as a sudden stroke might have done for one, and a proper motion for the other. 1778M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 66 The army was ordered..to embark and re-embark in the boats, that they might the better understand such a maneuver. 1793J. Trapp tr. Rochon's Voy. Madagascar Prelim. Disc. 54 All manœuvres became useless, and the ship was on the point of going down, when the Captain cast an anchor in such a manner as gave him hopes she would bear on some high flats. This manœuvre proved successful. 1795Nelson 13 Mar. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 13 The instant all were fired, braced up our after-yards, put the helm a-port, and stood after her again. This manœuvre we practised till one p.m. 1837Gurwood Wellington Desp. IV. 1 Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley was appointed to the command of a brigade..to the discipline, manœuvre and minute details of which he paid the most scrupulous attention. 1853Sir H. Douglas Milit. Bridges (ed. 3) 119 The manœuvre of withdrawing a bridge, by wheeling it, entire, alongside the bank. 1881Jowett Thucyd. I. 156 The manœuvres suited to fast-sailing vessels, such as breaking of the line or returning to the charge, cannot be practised in a narrow space. 1889Infantry Drill 189 Manœuvre represents the application of the drill to the circumstances of supposed or actual conflict with an enemy.
b. Skilful management or working of; operation.
1834–47J. S. Macaulay Field Fortif. (1851) 129 The pieces of timber, laid across the sluice-gate for the manœuvre of the levers. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Manœuvre, a dexterous management of anything connected with the ship.
3. An agile or skilful movement made (by a person, animal, etc.) with intent to deceive or elude.
1774J. Bryant Mythol. II. 468 The whole was attended with shouts, and screams, and every frantic manœuvre. 1828Scott F. M. Perth xxiii, At length, whether weary of these manœuvres, or [etc.]..Bonthron heaved up his axe for a down⁓right blow. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. ii. (1879) 37 When still further disturbed, it practises a most curious manœuvre. 1883Century Mag. July 379/2 And as he [the fish] fell back with a loud splash he dropped upon the line, by which maneuver he would have succeeded in tearing out the hook had the line still been taut.
4. transf. and fig. An artfully contrived plan; an adroit move; an ingenious expedient or artifice; also, management of affairs by scheming.
1774J. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 12 These Acts of Parliament and ministerial manœuvres will injure me. 1790― Wks. (1854) IX. 566 If the time should ever come when corruption shall be added to intrigue and manœuvre in elections. a1797Burke Sp. Durat. Parlts. Wks. 1812 V. 377 The whole effect of the Bill is..here to fix their magazines and places of arms, and thus to make them the principal..theatre of their manœuvres for securing a determined majority in Parliament. 1809M. Edgeworth Manœ uvring vii, In the midst of these multiplied manœuvres, Mrs. Beaumont sat with ease. 1832Lytton Eugene A. ii. vii, He was capital, however, about the tricks he had played his creditors,—such manœuvres,—such escapes! 1850Bohn's Handbk. Games 414 (Draughts) He who gives the draw shall not occasion any unnecessary delay by uselessly repeating the same manœuvres. 1864Standard 18 Apr. 6 To this day they always speak of that Reform Bill as if it had been a dishonest manœuvre. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 309 Watching the instrumental manœuvres of the [military] band.
†5. A method or manner of working. Obs.
1770Monthly Rev. 537 The different tools and manœuvres of the joiner and turner. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 78 It is one of those manœuvres which can be learnt only by observation and practice. 1796C. Marshall Garden. v. (1813) 65 Many manœuvres of intercropping are made by them as sowing or planting between rows. 1789H. Walpole Lett., to H. More Sept. (1840) VI. 351, I do not understand the manœuvre of sugar.
6. attrib. and Comb.
1897Act 60–1 Vict. c. 43 §4 Whenever an Order in Council is made under this Act a commission (in this Act called the Military Manœuvres Commission) shall be formed. Ibid. §10 This Act may be cited as the Military Manœuvres Act, 1897. 1897Daily News 8 Nov. 4/7 Every torpedo, it seems, is sent out from the factory with two heads—a ‘manœuvre head’,..and another, intended for real warfare.
▪ II. manœuvre, v.|məˈnjuːvə(r), məˈnuːvə(r)|
Forms: see prec. n.
[ad. F. manœuvrer, OF. manuvrer (11th cent.) = Sp. maniobrar, Pg. manobrar:—late L. manoperāre for L. manū operārī to work with the hand (manū, abl. of manus hand; operārī, see operate v.).]
1. a. intr. Mil. and Naval. To perform manœuvres or evolutions; to make movements or changes of position in the disposition of troops, vessels, etc. Also to manœuvre it.
1777J. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 303 Washington will manœuvre it with him a good deal to avoid it. 1795Nelson 21 Mar. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) II. 21 Providence..preserving my poor brave fellows, who worked the Ship in manœuvring about his [sc. the enemy's] stern and quarters. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 290/2 The two divisions might again manœuvre another way. 1803Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1837) II. 331, I..determined to manœuvre by my left, and push the enemy upon the nullah. 1833Straith Fortif. 81 A great extent of ground..upon which to manœuvre and fight to advantage. 1885Law Times Rep. LIII. 12/1 There would be no culpability on the part of the officer in command of the other ship in not manœuvring for this porting.
b. transf. and fig., esp.: To employ stratagem, to manage by artifice, to scheme. Also occas. with adv. or prep.: To contrive to get (away from).
1809M. Edgeworth Manœuvring i, I remember her manœuvring to gain a husband, and then manœuvring to manage him. 1814Jane Austen Lett. (1884) II. 279, I had not to manœuvre away from her. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville I. 177 After manœuvring so as to get within shot, they fired, but merely wounded him [a buffalo]. 1861May Const. Hist. (1863) I. i. 13 When ministers, not of his own choice, were in office, he plotted and manœuvred until he overthrew them.
c. trans. with prep. To drive or entice into or out of by manœuvring; to make (one's way) into by manœuvring.
1886M. E. Braddon One Thing Needful vi, I am not going to be manœuvred into a marriage with Clarice. 1888Century Mag. Sept. 673/1 He had simply manœuvred the enemy out of position. 1899Daily News 13 Dec. 7/6 If an enemy has elaborately fortified a particular position it is one of the most important duties of a General not..to attack him in it, but..to manœuvre him out of it. 1903Blackw. Mag. Oct. 497/2 He had manœuvred his way into the Painted Chamber.
2. a. trans. Mil. and Naval. To cause (troops or vessels) to perform evolutions or manœuvres; to alter the position or formation of for strategic purposes; to ‘handle’ (a boat).
1777J. Adams in Fam. Lett. (1876) 282 Mr. Howe, by the last advices, was manœuvring his fleet and army in such a manner as to give us expectations of an expedition somewhere. 1797Encycl. Brit. (ed. 3) XVIII. 276/2 To Manœuvre the Line of Battle... In this place it is intended to point out some of the various evolutions that are, or may be, performed by a fleet which is already formed in line of battle. 1811Wellington in Gurw. Desp. (1838) VII. 583 We do what we please now with the Portuguese troops: we manœuvre them under fire equally with our own. 1884Pae Eustace 140 Crippled as they were by tattered sails and severed ropes, they could not manœuvre the vessel. 1886Graphic 28 Aug. 210/1 The best method of manœuvring them [torpedo boats].
b. transf. and fig. To manipulate or conduct adroitly with a view to a purpose. Also occas. to effect by stratagem.
1801[see manœuvring ppl. a.]. 1815Zeluca II. 142 Zeluca..manœuvred her praise, with a skilful eye to the feelings it was intended to create and invigorate. 1820J. Jekyll Corr. (1894) 97 The Mother Bankes affects not to have manœuvred her son's match with the Chancellor's daughter. 1823Examiner 634/1 The stage is..said to afford great facilities for manœuvring the scenery. 1857Autobiog. Lutfullah v, He frequently manœuvred his horse across my way and behind me, in such a manner as to show that he derided me. 1885J. Martineau Types Eth. Th. I. 150 A doctrine which so manœuvred the three substances, without relinquishing any of them. 1898Westm. Gaz. 28 July 3/2 Thus manœuvred, a sailor hat can be worn minus the veil.
Hence maˈnœuvred, maˈnœuvring ppl. adjs.
1801M. Edgeworth Belinda II. xvi. 122 This manœuvring lady represented this report as being universally known and believed, in hopes of frightening her niece into an immediate match with the baronet. 1822J. Jekyll Let. 9 Feb. (1971) 346 Mrs. Lock was one of the manoeuvring mothers who wanted to draw him in for her daughter. 1832Marryat N. Forster xxxi, Their mother was a selfish,..manœuvring woman. 1889Harper's Mag. June 79/1 The power to see a great deal through a very small opening in the skilfully manœuvred bandage. 1900St. Barbe Mod. Spain 41 The beast [sc. a bull] wheels round, and, charging, rips out the entrails of an ill-manœuvred horse. |