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▪ I. marshal, n.|ˈmɑːʃəl|
Forms: α. 3 marescal, 3–9 mareschal, 5 maresshall, mareschaul, 5–7 mareshall, 6 mareschall(e, marischale, 7 mariscall, 7–8 marishal, 8 marischal, maraschal; β. 3–4 marschal, 3–5 marchal, marschalle, 4 marscal, 4–5 marschale, marchall, 4–6 marschall, 4–9 marshall, 5 marschael, -schail, marchale, -chell, marshalle, -schel(l, -sshall, merschale, -sshall, 5–6 mershall, 6 merchal, marchaele, 4– marshal; γ. 4 marcial, 5 marchiale, 5–6 marciall, marcheall, 6–7 martiall, 7 marshial, 7, 9 martial.
[a. OF. mareschal, marescal (mod.F. maréchal) = Pr. manescalc-s, It. mariscalco, maliscalco, maniscalco farrier, marshal (Sp., Pg. mariscal, It. maresciallo, marshal, are from OFr. or Fr.):—Frankish Latin mariscalcus, ad. OHG. marahscalh or OS. *marhscalc (MHG. marschalch, -schalc, early mod.G. marschalk, later marschall; MLG. marschalk, MDu. maerschalc, mod.Du. maarschalk; Sw. marskalk, Da. marskal are from LG.):—OTeut. type *marhoskalko-z lit. ‘horse-servant’, f. *marho-z horse (whence fem. *marhjâ mare) + *skalko-z servant (OE. scealc servant, G. schalk rogue). Compounds of equivalent meaning are OS. ehu-scalc, OE. horsþeᵹn.
For the development by which a word originally meaning a groom or stable-man came to be a title of various high offices in royal households and in the army, cf. the parallel history of constable. In Fr. and It. the sense ‘farrier’ has subsisted alongside the use as a title of dignity; in the Teut. langs. only the titular use has survived.]
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a. One who tends horses; esp. one who treats their diseases, a farrier. (Cf. horse-marshal s.v. horse n. 28.)
b. A shoeing smith. [F. maréchal vétérinaire, maréchal ferrant.] Obs.
c1330R. Brunne Chron. Wace (Rolls) 11179 Þer maistres mareschals ferde aboute, Deliuered innes [v.r. stedes] wyþynne & wyþoute; Bordes broughte, cordes & cables, & made mangers to stande in stables. 1428in Surtees Misc. (1888) 1 Burn, smyth in Bouthum and John Holgate, marsshall in the suburbe of Walmegate. 1474Caxton Chesse iii. ii. E vj, Alle maner of werkmen; as goldsmythes, marchallis, smythes of alle forges. 1588Richmond Wills (Surtees) 256 note, I have made an estatt unto Robert Selbye,..of my tenement..now in the tenure of Mr. Wedrington, mershall, and of the housses, stables, and grownde ower agaynst yt. 1618Sir W. Hope (title), The Parfait Mareschal, or, Compleat Farrier. 1639T. de Grey Compl. Horsem. 45 Skilfull ferrier or marshall he shall never be. c1720W. Gibson Farrier's Guide ii. xxii. (1738) 71 Such remedies as the Practise of the best Marishals has warranted.
2. One of the chief functionaries of a royal household or court; in the middle ages usually entrusted with the military affairs of his sovereign.
a. A high officer of state in England; now Earl Marshal, q.v. Formerly also Marshal of England, High Marshal, King's Marshal, Lord Marshal.
1258Eng. Proclam. Hen. III Rog' Bigod eorl on Northfolk' and Marescal on Engleneloand'. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 10081 Þo þe king adde normandie in god stat ibrouȝt al Þut lond he tok to loke william þe mareschal þat was erl of penbroc. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 292 After þe ersbisshop þe erle Marschalle Rogere Bifor þe kyng ros vp. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. n 5 b, Thomas of Brothertone the Erle marchall. 1548Hall Chron., Hen. IV 13 The erle of Westmerland his high Marshal. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. iv. 2 Beare this sealed Briefe With winged haste to the Lord Marshall. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. viii. 142 The Duke of Norfolkis sone, cheif Tresurer and Merchall in Jngland. 1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. Imposture 628 Mars-like Essex, England's Marshall-Earle. 1839Penny Cycl. XIV. 447/2 One of the principal officers of state is the king's marshal, which office is now held hereditarily by the duke of Norfolk.
b. (Usually with spelling marischal.) A similar high officer of state in Scotland.
The office was hereditary in the family of Keith, and from 1458 the holder had the peerage title of Earl Marischal. The office became extinct by the attainder of George 10th Earl Marischal in 1716.
c1375Barbour Bruce xi. 456 Schir Robert of Keth, that wes Marshall of all the host of fee. 1461Liber Pluscardensis x. x, Comes Eril Marschael [v.r. Marschail, Marchiale] nominatus. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. v. 302 That in perpetuall ane of that surname [Keith] sal be Mareschall in the kingis hous. 1715Earl of Mar Procl. in Thanes Cawdor (Spalding Club) 411 Some of his faithful subjects and servants met here, viz. the Lord Huntley, the Lord Tullybardine, the Earl Marischal [etc.].
c. Earl Marshal of Ireland: a title conferred in 1574 upon Walter Devereux, Earl of Essex.
3. As a title of military rank.
†a. In early use employed vaguely: A commander, general. Subsequently (esp. in the forms marshal of the field or camp, field-marshal), an officer of a definite rank, which varied according to period and country. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 7630 Of a thusand men o wal, He made him ledder and marscal. 1362Langl. P. Pl. A. iii. 194 Hedde I be Marchal of his Men. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 112 The ledare of the bataille, that men callis now constable, or marschall in his absence. a1450Knt. de la Tour (1868) 16 The king of Hungry, that is of right marschalle of cristendom in the werres ayenst the hethen. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts xxiii. 9–10 The marciall [L. tribunus] fearyng lest that Paul [etc.]. 1571Digges Pantom. Pref. A ij b, The Marshall of the fielde shall..appoynt place conuenient for his Campe. a1587Garrard Art War (1591) 234 The high Marshall of the fielde, or maister of the Campe. 1593Nashe Unfort. Trav. Wks. (Grosart) V. 33 The Marshall generall of the field. 1611Bible Jer. lii. 12 Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard [marg. chief marshal]. a1628F. Greville Sidney (1652) 143 Meeting the Marshall of the Camp lightly armed. 1696Phillips (ed. 5), Marshals are also Military Officers, as the Camp-Marshal, who is the next Officer to the Lieutenant General.
fig.1612Bacon Ess., Atheism (Arb.) 332 That an Army of infinite small portions or seeds vnplaced should haue produced this order, and beauty without a diuine Marshall.
b. A general officer of the highest rank in certain foreign armies. Often as prefixed title. (In 18th c. usually with semi-Fr. spelling mareschal.)
In the French army the full designation is Maréchal de France (Englished Marshal of France).
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 422 b, There were manye of the Nobilitie taken, amonges whome was the hyghe Mareshall of Fraunce. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 157 For the Marshals of France, 18000 [crownes] apeece, when they were but foure; for now it is a Title only, without either pension or command, save only in the foure chiefe. 1710Steele Tatler No. 174 ⁋11 He and the Duke of Berwick are to command the French Army, the rest of the Mareschals being only to assist in Council. 1752Hume Ess. & Treat. (1777) II. 285 Such is the excellence which St. Evremond ascribes to mareschal Turenne. 1816J. Scott Vis. Paris (ed. 5) p. lxi, Some of our Marshals have been invited to visit the Allied lines. 1878Browning La Saisiaz 80 What might be the Marshal's next move, what Gambetta's counter-play.
†c. An officer in some military orders. Obs.
1615G. Sandys Trav. 230 The Martiall, the Maister of the Hospitall, the Admirall, the Chancelor, &c. [of the Knights of Malta].
d. Designating an officer of high rank in the Royal Air Force, as Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Air Chief Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice-Marshal; also † Marshal of the Air (obs.).
1919Times 4 Aug. 12/6 His Majesty..has approved of new titles for the commissioned ranks of the Royal Air Force. These are..Marshal of the Air, Air Chief-Marshal, Air Marshal, Air Vice-Marshal...It will probably be some time before we have a Marshal of the Air, as at present there is no officer of the rank of either Air Chief-Marshal or Air Marshal. Ibid. 7 Aug. 14/6 Air Vice-Marshal Trenchard..made the Air Force become the powerful and formidable fighting machine that it was. Ibid. 19 Aug. 10/4 The King has been pleased to approve the promotion of Air Vice-Marshal Sir H. Trenchard, K.C.B., to Air-Marshal. 1922Man. Seamanship (Admiralty) I. 11 Marks of Rank...R.A.F. Marshal of the Air. R.N. Admiral of the Fleet. 1943W. S. Churchill End of Beginning 141 Most of the air-marshals, the leading men in the Air Force, think little of dive bombers. 1947Whitaker's Almanack 461 (heading) Marshals of the Royal Air Force. 1968Who's Who 1331/2 (heading) Harris, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers.
4.
†a. An officer of a court of law answerable for the charge and custody of prisoners and for the keeping of order, and frequently entrusted with the keeping of a prison. Also Marshal of the Exchequer, Marshal of the King's (or Queen's) Bench. Obs.
These officers obtained the title as being deputies of the Marshal of England (see 2 a).
1290Becket 802 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 129 Oþur is Marschales scholden swiþe anon is bodi to prisone take. Ibid. 805 Þe Marchales i-redie weren to prisone him lede a-non. 1437Rolls of Parlt. IV. 509/2 Was committed to the Marchall, in prison to abide. 1485Ibid. VI. 291/2 The same William, was late Marshall of the Marshallsie of the Kings Bench. 1530Tindale Gen. Table Exp. Words s.v., And therfore I call him cheffe marshall an officer as is the lefetenaunte of the toure, or master of the marshalsye. 1674Ch. & Court of Rome 9 He that..goes at large on his Parole.., is..no less a Prisoner, than when under Guard, and in the Marshals custody. 1690Lond. Gaz. No. 2541/2 William Lenthall Esq; now Marshal of the King's Bench. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. 285 When once the defendant is taken into custody of the marshall, or prison-keeper of this court [of king's bench]. 1855[see marshalsea 1].
b. marshal of the admiralty: an officer of the Court of Admiralty.
1769Ann. Reg. 102 From the marshal of the admiralty in Holderness. 1802Naval Chron. VIII. 423 The Deputy Marshal of the Admiralty.., with his silver oar. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 162 s.v. Admiralty, The marshal is now paid by a salary of {pstlg}500, in addition to his travelling expenses.
c. judge's marshal: an official (now usually a barrister) who accompanies a judge on circuit, and is charged with certain duties chiefly secretarial.
1861M. Arnold Lett. 20 Mar., My brother-marshal, young Thesiger,..is a very good fellow.
5. a. An officer charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, esp. with the ordering of guests at a banquet, etc. (in this use often † marshal of the hall).
In the English royal household the ‘Marshal of the ceremonies’ is now an official of the Lord Chamberlain's department, ranking below the ‘Master of the ceremonies’.
13..Coer de L. 1543 Hys mareschal swythe com hym too: ‘Sere, he sayde, hou schal we doo? Swylk fowayle as we bought yistyrday, For no catel gete I may’. c1386Chaucer Prol. 752 A semely man oure hoost was with alle For to been a Marchal in an halle. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 1002 The office of a connynge vschere or marshalle with-owt fable must know alle estates of the church goodly and greable. 1495Act. 11 Hen. VII, c. 33. §14 John Hanley Squyer, oon of the Marshallis of oure Hall. 1520Whitinton Vulg. (1527) 4 After that the marshall [A.V. John ii. 9 ruler of the feast] dyd taste of the water tourned in to wyne. 1631Fuller David's Sinne xxxvi, Others strive Like sturdy martialls, far away to drive The drowsy droanes that harbour in the hive. 1636Featly Clavis Myst. iii. 31 They..send their Harbingers before to take up lodgings, and Martials to make way. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Marshal of the Ceremonies, an Officer whose Business it is in all things, to receive Commands from the Master of the Ceremonies..for the Queen's Service. 1813Scott Trierm. ii. xiv, A shrilly trumpet shook the ground, And marshals clear'd the ring.
fig.1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. ii. 120 Reason becomes the Marshall to my will, And leades me to your eyes.
†b. marshal of the King's (or Queen's) house; = knight marshal (see 6 b). Obs.
1433Rolls of Parlt. IV. 447/1 The Steward and Marshall of his [the King's] houshold. 1543tr. Act 2 Hen. IV, c. 23 The mareschal of the mareschalsye of the court of our soueraygne lord the kinges house. 1641Termes de la Ley 200 b, The Marshall of the K. house. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Marshal of the Queen's House, whose Office is to hear and determine Pleas of the Crown within the Queen's Palace... Clerk Marshal of the Queen's House, an Officer that attends the Marshal [of the Queen's House] in his Court.
c. (More fully City marshal.) An officer of the corporation of the City of London. (See quot.)
1632,1714[see city 9]. 1761Lond. & Environs IV. 265 City Marshal... His business is to see the laws of the city put in execution, and in solemn processions he rides before the Lord Mayor. 1905Whitaker's Almanack 356 Officers of the City of London..Marshal, Capt. E. J. T. Kearns.
6. knight marshal.
†a. A military officer, with functions corresponding to those of quartermaster; often used to render L. tribunus militum. Obs.
b. Hist. An officer of the English royal household, who had judicial cognizance of transgressions ‘within the king's house and verge’, i.e. within a radius of twelve miles from the king's palace. The office was abolished in 1846.
[1548: cf. 3 a.] 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 65 Edmund Boner beynge prisoner in the Marchelse..the knyght marchalle takynge away hys bedde..because he wolde not geve the knyght marchall x li. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse (ed. 2) 18 b, The Knight Marshals men, that naile vp Mandates at the Court gat. 1601Holland Pliny II. 116 Being a colonell and knight marshal of the campe [orig. tribunus militum ab exercitu]. 1617Minsheu Ductor s.v. Knight, Knight Martiall..Tribunus militum, mariscallus. 1623Cockeram i. s.v. Tribune, The other was called Tribune of the Souldiers, who had charge to see them well armed and ordered, being as the Knight Marshall is with vs. 1713Lond. Gaz. No. 5135/3 His Excellency was receiv'd at the Palace Gate by Sir Phillip Meadows, Knight-Marshal.
fig.a1591H. Smith Serm. (1594) 518 That God would make him [Satan] Knight Marshall ouer the world, to slay and kill as many as he hated.
7. The title of various functionaries charged with certain police duties, or with the office of superintending the infliction of punishment.
†a. = provost-marshal. Obs.
1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (Globe) 644/1 That were a harde course, Eudoxus, to redresse every abuse by a Marshall. 1633T. Stafford Pac. Hib. i. vii. (1821) 97 Moroghe Mac Shihy, Marshall to James Fits Thomas, and the Marshall of Dermond. Ibid. ii. xxi. 416 The President, and the Marshall advanced forwards towards the Scout.
†b. Naut. An official on board ship who superintends the carrying out of punishments. Obs.
1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. viii. 35 The Marshall is to punish offenders, and to see iustice executed according to directions; as ducking at the yards arme [etc.]. Ibid. xv. 73 In English ships they seldome vse any Marshall.
8. In English university use.
a. Oxford. The chief of the proctors' attendants or ‘bulldogs’.
b. Cambridge. Each of two officials appointed by the Vice-chancellor to act as his messengers, to summon meetings, etc.
1810Oxford Univ. Cal. p. xvii, University Officers, &c...Belman{ddd}Marshal. 1853‘C. Bede’ (E. Bradley) Verdant Green xi, The proctor with his marshal and bull-dogs.
9. U.S.
a. ‘In America, a civil officer, appointed by the President and Senate of the United States, in each judicial district, answering to the sheriff of a county. His duty is to execute all precepts directed to him, issued under the authority of the United States’ (Webster 1828–32).
1793Jefferson Writ. (1859) IV. 52 Rescuing a vessel out of the hands of the marshal who had arrested her by process from a court of justice. 1800J. Adams Wks. (1854) IX. 76, I have agreed to the appointment of Major David Hopkins to be marshal of Maryland. 1856Olmsted Slave States 513 By the returns of the South Carolina marshals, the cash value of land, in the State, appears to be $5.08 an acre. 1872Raymond Statist. Mines & Mining 107 The aggregate production [of bullion] was reported by the assistant marshal as follows.
b. marshal-at-arms: an official in the House of Representatives corresponding to the English sergeant-at-arms.
1792M. Cutler in Life (1888) I. 483 The Speaker..sent the Marshall-at-Arms to summon them to attend the House.
c. An officer of a body of men or a society appointed to regulate its ceremonies, etc.; e.g. fire-marshall, the chief officer of a fire brigade.
1903Daily Chron. 31 Dec. 5/5 The fire marshal himself went up to the balcony.
¶10. For marshal court, law, see martial a., court-martial.
Add:[5.] d. An official (often one of several) at a sporting event responsible for supervising arrangements for competitors, controlling spectators, etc.
1927Autocar 19 Aug. 339/1 Two particularly drenched pit marshals' lives were saved by whisky sent out by their friends. 1931Ibid. 2 Jan. 34/2 In the control a naughty travelling marshal shamelessly jacked up one wheel of his car. 1934B. Lyndon Circuit Dust i. 10 The Fascisti proved willing to act as marshals along the course, obliging non-competitors to keep to the correct side of the road. 1962Track & Field Guide (Amer. Assoc. Health) 75 Suggested officials for a meet... 1 clerk of course, 1 marshal, 1 scorer, [etc.]. 1975I. McEwan First Love 19 Long after the judges, marshals and time-keepers had gone home I remained at the finishing line. 1986Road Sport Aug. 14/3 Fewer spectators and more marshals might have helped as several controls went unmanned. 1992Bicycle Feb. 63/3 You will have a whirlwind affair with a race marshal which will cause..your marriage to go down the pan.
▪ II. marshal, v.|ˈmɑːʃəl|
Forms: 5 mar(s)chal, mer(s)chal, marschel, marchell, 6 merschel, 6–7 marshall, 6–9 martial, 7 marshial, 5– marshal.
[f. marshal n.]
I.
†1. trans. To tend (horses) as a farrier. Also, to ‘doctor’ or ‘fake up’ for sale. Obs.
c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. xxviii. (1869) 150 Manye harmes dooth this hand; O time she marchaleth [orig. F. cossonne] hors, and maketh þe badde seeme good to hem þat wolen bigge hem. c1470Henry Wallace v. 762 With his gud suerd the captayn has he tayn, Quhill hors agayne he marscheld neuir nayn. 1506Ld. Treas. Acc. Scot. (1901) III. 202 Item, to deif Andro that marshalit foure hors to the King xiiijs.
II. Senses relating to marshal n. 3 and 5.
2. trans. To arrange, place, or rank in order at a feast, table, etc.
c1450Holland Howlat 693 All war merschallit to meit meikly and myth. c1470Gaw. & Gol. 1160 The meryest on mold marschalit at mete. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 6 b, The Kyng caused the Quene to kepe the estate, and then satte the Ambassadours and Ladies, as they were Marshalled by the kyng, who would not sit, but walked from place to place. 1709Steele Tatler No. 96 ⁋1 It has cost me very much Care..to marshal and fix the People under their proper Denominations. 1814Scott Ld. of Isles ii. vi, And there he marshall'd them their place, First of that company. 1825Lytton Zicci 76 The guests were marshalled to the board. 1843Macaulay Ess., Mme. D'Arblay (ed. Montague) III. 299 In order that we may..marshal her to the exact seat to which she is entitled, we must carry our examination somewhat further.
†b. To put in a certain company, among or with certain people. Obs.
1530Lyndesay Test. Papyngo 587 The Erle of Marche wes merschellit yam amang. 1583in Strype Ann. Ref. (1728) III. 183 The painful Pastors and Ministers of the Word..are marshalled with the worst Malefactors.
†c. To arrange (a banquet). Also with up. Obs.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1490/1 The vshers marshalled the feast. 1613Dekker Strange Horse-Race, Bankrouts Banq. F 3 b, These Bankrouts..Martiald vp a Banquet, rellishing likewise of their name, carriage, and condition.
3. Her. To combine (two or more coats of arms) in one escutcheon, so as to form a single composition; also, to associate (accessories) with a coat of arms, so as to form a complete heraldic composition.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 121 b, I haue omitted to marshal the same [coat] either with helme, wreathe, or mantle. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry vi. ii. (1611) 256 If a bordured Coat be to be Marshalled amongst other Coats quarterly. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xiv. 139 The arms of a Husband and Wife are marshalled in a single Shield.
4. To arrange or draw up (soldiers) in order for fighting, exercise, or review; to arrange in a body or procession; to arrange (competitors) for a race, etc.
1587Greene Euphues Censure Wks. (Grosart) VI. 254 A day of battell was set, wherein when both the armies were martialed..in their seuerall ranckes. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iii. i. 49 To commaund the men to be marshalled into the order that shall bee appointed. 1601Daniel Civ. Wars v. xvii. (1609) 117 Those..troops so marshalled,..That euen his soule seem'd onely to direct So great a body, such exployts t'effect. 1611Bible Josh. i. 14 Ye shall pass before your brethren armed [marg. marshalled by five]. 1785S. Fielding Ophelia I. xxvi, A new way of martialing his army. 1791Cowper Iliad iv. 271 Marshalling his numerous host. 1838Prescott Ferd. & Is. (1846) III. xii. 71 The duke..had marshalled his forces in a very different order. 1853C. Brontë Villette xxxiii, We were marshalled in order and soon started. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. viii. 260 Henry and William..were now marshalling their troops.
b. transf. and fig.
1698[R. Ferguson] View Eccles. Pref., Yet being otherwise Regimented and Marshal'd into sentences. 1852M. Arnold Empedocles ii. 276 Ye stars, Who slowly begin to marshal..Your distant, melancholy lines! 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 226 The hostile Senate..had even then marshalled against him a long array of omens and portents.
†c. To marshal soldiers along (streets). Obs.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1332/1 Ten others [ensigns] had marshalled the streets unto the market place.
d. refl. and intr. To take up positions in or as in a military array or a procession.
1687Death's Vis. vii, See, How they Marshall! How their Forces Join! 1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 49 These new diminutive Particles should again assemble and marshal themselves into Corpuscles. 1806A. Duncan Nelson 37 The procession was marshalling. 1854S. Dobell Balder xxviii. 190 Her serving men..marshal mutely round, and look from each to each with eye-lids red. 1903F. C. Montague Macaulay's Ess. III. 1 His ideas marshal themselves in an unbroken rhetorical order.
5. trans. To dispose, arrange or set (things, material or immaterial) in methodical order.
Now chiefly with some metaphorical notion of an armed force or a procession; in the 17th c. used much more freely.
a1550Vox pop., vox Dei 335 in Skelton's Wks. (1843) II. 405/2 Then showld ye se the trade That marchantmen frist mayde, Whyche wysse men dyd marshall For a welth vnyversall. 1579J. Stubbes Gaping Gulf D 3 Noble men and other great landed ones..in their vsuall conveighances do marshall the fal of theyr inheritances by limitation vpon limitation euen to the tenth son of theyr body begotten. 1586I. Rosse Verses pref. to Ferne's Blaz. Gentrie, In like sort shall you see How states of men are martialed, and placed in degree. 1614Raleigh Hist. World ii. (1634) 542 These narrations of Herodotus may every one of them be true; tho' not in such order of time as he hath marshalled them. 1624Wotton Archit. (1672) 21 There are five Orders of Pillars..thus marshalled. 1639Fuller Holy War iii. xxx. (1640) 161 Provident Nature in marshalling the elements, assigned fire a place in the verge and border of this lower world. 1666Pepys Diary 21 Dec., So to the office in the evening to marshall my papers. 1725Pope Odyss. i. 249 With feeble steps from marshalling his Vines Returning. 1765Blackstone Comm. I. 472 Having thus marshalled the several species of corporations, let us [etc.]. 1859Smiles Self-Help iii. (1860) 59 With his books of reference marshalled round him on the floor. 1891Law Times XC. 463/2 Clients..need to be represented by those who are adepts in marshalling facts and handling witnesses.
b. Comm. To arrange (assets or securities) according as they are available to meet various kinds of claims.
1773Vesey Chancery Rep. II. 5 Though the court will help her by marshalling assets. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) II. 178 [The court's] rules for marshalling assets. 1902H. G. Newton in Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 136/1 s.v. Bankruptcy in U.S., In partnership cases the creditors of the partnership elect the trustee... The assets are marshalled, partnership assets being applied first to partnership claims and individual assets to individual claims.
c. U.S. ‘To arrange (the cars of a freight-train) in proper station order’ (Cent. Dict.).
1880Car-Builder's Dict. (Cent.).
6. To usher, guide (a person) on his way; to lead as harbinger; to conduct ceremoniously; also (nonce-use) to point out (the way).
1586Marlowe 1st Pt. Tamburl. iii. iii, Our conquering swords shall marshal vs the way We use to march upon the slaughter'd foe. 1605Shakes. Macb. ii. i. 42 Thou marshall'st me the way that I was going. 1606Dekker Sev. Sinnes vi. (Arb.) 39 Mark in what triumphant and proud manner, he is marshalled through Newgate. a1764Lloyd Prol. 10 Himself shall marshal out the way to taste. 1821Byron Two Foscari iv. i, Each night I see them Stalk frowning round my couch, and, pointing towards The ducal palace, marshal me to vengeance. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. x, The abbot marshalled him to the door of Augustine's chamber. 1867Trollope Chron. Barset II. lxiii. 211 Mr. Crawley had marshalled him into the room.
Hence ˈmarshalling ppl. a.
1873Black Pr. Thule xxvii, The first scouts of the marshalling forces of the clouds came up in flying shreds.
▪ III. marshal
obs. form of martial. |