单词 | field evolutions |
释义 | > as lemmasfield evolutions field evolutions n. now somewhat archaic manoeuvres executed by soldiers in the field (see evolution n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > type of drill or training sham fight1598 field exercise1616 martinet1677 field evolutions1789 foot drill1795 goose-step1806 war-game1828 rope drill1833 field training1836 repetition training1859 skeleton drill1876 drill-down1889 Beast Barracks1896 basic training1898 monkey motion1909 assault course1915 TEWT1942 workup1971 Taceval1977 1789 Oracle 18 July The new Recruits..went through a course of Field Evolutions, in and about the Ring. 1876 F. H. Mason 42nd Ohio Infantry 58 The entire battalion practised field evolutions in a broad meadow in the valley below. 1920 P. A. Bruce Hist. University of Virginia II. 117 The course which he was to cover was to embrace field evolutions, manoeuvres and encampments. 1995 J. J. Gallagher Battle of Brooklyn iv. 51 His experience was confined to what fighting he had done in the wilderness: a series of disjointed skirmishes with no opportunity to exercise field evolutions and deployment. < as lemmas |
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