单词 | counter-round |
释义 | counter-roundn. Military. ? Obsolete. A patrol of officers to inspect or check the rounds; also concrete the body of officers going on this duty. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty > patrol round1581 counter-round1590 contra-round1598 patrol1650 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons ** iv b To understand the orders of watches, bodies of watches, centinells, rounds, and counterrounds. 1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 63 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. There is newes of the enimie, and therefore needful..that the round & counterround may go very thicke. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 28 To walk the round and counter-round with his fellow inspectors. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Counter-Round, a Body of Officers going to visit, and inspect the Rounds, or the Sentinels. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1590 |
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