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▪ I. marching, vbl. n.|ˈmɑːtʃɪŋ|
[f. march v.2 + -ing1.]
a. The action of march v.2; an instance of this.
1560Bible (Genev.) 1 Macc. vi. 41 All they that heard the noyce of their multitude, and the marching of the companie,..were astonished. 1617Moryson Itin. iv. iv. iii. (1903) 379 No people..vseth lesse Ceremonyes and Pompous shewes or marchings, in festiuall solemnityes than those of the Vnited Provinces. 1724De Foe Mem. Cavalier (1840) 53 The discipline and order of their marchings, camping, and exercise was excellent. 1855Browning An Epistle 27 The country-side is all on fire With rumours of a marching hitherward. 1861W. H. Russell in Times 24 Sept., The drills..are still of the most elementary character, but their marching is very good indeed.
†b. The move of a chess-man. Obs. rare—1.
1562Rowbotham Play of Cheasts A vij, Beholde here his marchinges, and his libertie prouided that he haue had no checke.
c. marching-past. The action of performing the ‘march past’ (march n.4 1 d). Also attrib.
1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 37 In marching past, the Lieutenant-Colonel is to be in front of the leading Troop. 1860Illustr. Lond. News 23 June 598/3 During the marching past the Staff..will be drawn up opposite the Royal standard. 1896N. Newnham-Davis Three Men & a God 120 On marching-past parade.
d. attrib. and Comb.: marching day, marching front, marching music, marching parade; † marching malady, ? (of a horse) illness caused by travelling; marching money (see quot.); marching order, equipment for marching; pl., orders to march (also fig.).
1781T. Simes Milit. Guide (ed. 3) 8 On *marching days, he follows the Major-general of the day with the encampment.
1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 362/2 The men marched eight abreast... This unusually wide *marching front was taken up by the infantry.
1621J. Taylor (Water P.) Taylors Motto A 4 b marg., I will turne Farrier. I doe not thinke that any Horse-leech can blazon such a pedigree of *marching maladies.
1837Coll. Warrants & Regul. Army (1844) 7 A daily Allowance in South Britain of *Marching Money..as the payment to the Innkeeper for the hot meal which he is required to furnish to the Soldier. 1853Stocqueler Mil. Encycl., Marching Money, the additional pay which officers and soldiers receive for the purpose of covering the expenses necessarily incurred when marching from one place to another. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 46 Marching money, money to travel. 1962R. Cook Crust on its Uppers (1964) ii. 18 There were no wages—hardly marching money, even.
1866Carlyle Inaug. Addr. 197 A kind of road-melody or *marching-music of mankind.
1780W. Heath Let. 31 July in Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll. (1905) 7th Ser. V. 93 George Washington has put the main army under *marching orders. 1837King's Regulations Army 32 General Officers are to cause the Troops..to be frequently paraded, and exercised at least once a week in Heavy Marching Order. 1848A. H. Clough Let. 26 Feb. in T. Arnold N.Z. Lett. (1966) 78, I anticipate considerable trouble in getting any Constitution into Marching Order. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xx, The Duke's in Belgium already, and we expect marching orders every day. 1850R. Hort Horse Guards 24 In many garrisons the greater part of his time thus employed is in heavy marching order. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Marching order. A soldier fully equipped..carries from 30 to 35 lbs. In service marching order..he carries nearly 50 lbs. But heavy marching order..was yet heavier. 1918L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 127 If the stew is covered over with a crust..they call it stew in heavy marching order. 1937B. de Holthoir tr. Duhamel's Pasquier Chron. 88 The barometer, too, nearly had its marching orders, but mother said: ‘Oh, for what it will fetch it might as well stay where it is.’ 1961S. Chaplin Day of Sardine vi. 132 He was never any good to you. It makes no difference to me if you give him his marching orders...and hitch up with the Lodger. 1974‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Other Story x. 79 An eye should be kept on him, to my mind. Given his marching orders, he ought to be.
1791Bentham Panopt. Postcr. 168 Even the roof of the building, might..be made to answer the purpose of a [prisoner's] *marching parade.
▪ II. † marching, ppl. a.1 Obs.
[f. march v.1 + -ing2.]
That marches or adjoins; that serves as a march.
1444Rolls of Parlt. V. 108/1 The seide Shire of Northumberland, is marchyng to the Scottes the Kynges Enemyes. 1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke v. 33 He was as a marchyng bordre betwene the lawe yt should afterward ceasse, & the libertee of the ghospell shortely after to arise. 1577Harrison England iii. iv. in Holinshed 103/2 In old tyme he onelie was called Marquise, Qui habuit terram limitaneam, a marching prouince vpon the enimies countreis.
▪ III. marching, ppl. a.2|ˈmɑːtʃɪŋ|
[f. march v.2 + -ing2.]
That marches.
1. a. Mil. That marches or is used in marching. marching regiment (see quot. 1802).
1667in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 31 Your petitioners were directed by the Lieutenant of his Majestie's Ordnance to make a marching barricade, to carry six small gunns. 1690Luttrell Brief Rel. (1857) II. 2 He should provide two hospitalls.., a fixt one and a marching one. 1775Sheridan Rivals iii. i, This is my return..for putting him, at twelve years old, into a marching regiment. 1802C. James Milit. Dict., Marching Regiments, a term given to those corps who had not any permanent quarters, but were liable to be sent not only from one end of Great Britain to the other, but to the most distant of her possessions abroad. 1883Pall Mall G. 7 Dec. 3/1 All this does not mean that the Mahdi will have an effective marching army wherewith to advance on Egypt. 1885Athenæum 18 Apr. 502/1 From the point of view of the marching soldier the physical aspect of the country..is far from attractive.
b. marching band, a band that marches; marching girl (Austral. and N.Z.), a girl trained to march in formation, a drum-majorette.
1952Here & Now (N.Z.) July 9 Not for a long time have I observed such a symptom of our malaise as the business of ‘marching girls’. 1954N.Z. Listener 10 Dec., Preceded, of course, by marching girls to provide just that touch of military pageantry so dear to us all. 1955Keepnews & Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz ii. 19 Laine's music was distinctively that of the marching bands and of ragtime. 1956M. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) vii. 72 The New Orleans jazzbands, with their marching-band tradition, did not use a piano in the early days. 1961N.Z. Listener 24 Nov. 36/4 Visitors from America say that as a major attraction, our marching girls are much superior to their Drum Majorettes. 1963Sunday Mirror (Sydney) 27 Jan. 2 (caption) In gay, colorful uniforms marching girls were cheered by city crowds as they strode through city streets during the Australia Day celebrations. 1974Fiji Times 3 July (caption) Marching girls parade through Lautoka during the Salusalu Festival at the weekend. 1974P. de Vries Glory of Hummingbird i. 4 The sousaphone tuba he played in the local marching band.
2. Progressive.
1842J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 56 These pushing, marching, money-making times. |