| 单词 | field-watch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield-watch field-watch n. [after German Feldwache (early 18th cent. or earlier)] Military a body of troops appointed to keep watch; a lookout post. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for guard duty guarda1513 counterguard1523 stand watch1525 presidy1529 body of guard1579 court of guarda1592 perdu1622 sentry1705 field-watch1797 watch-post1852 1797 T. Arnold N. Bailey's Dict. Eng.-German & German-Eng. (German ed. 9) II. at Feldwache Field-watch. 1834 tr. C. Spindler Jesuit xviii. 308 Our field-watch has marked a cloud of dust. 1870 Glasgow Herald 4 Aug. 5/2 With the aid of a good glass, a field watch may..be discovered half way up the hill. 1901 A. E. W. Mason Ensign Knightley 120 He..tramped out into the belt of ground between the French outposts and the Prussian field-watch. 1986 T. Scott Freiburg & Breisgau vi. 176 The beginning of the second decade of the sixteenth century..saw him settled in the Breisgau acting as a field-watch for the village community of Lehen. < as lemmas |
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