| 单词 | foot band |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfoot band foot band n. now historical ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry foot folkc1325 pedaile?a1400 putaylea1425 foot band1517 fanterie1575 foot1578 foot troop1579 infantry1579 tolpatchery1864 PBI1916 1517 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1903) V. 157 To [a] seriand in the futband. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 26 A Captaine of Infanterie, or foot-band. 1762 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch IV. 149 The lord-president suddenly rose, armed..leaving the foot-bands to guard the town. 1847 W. G. Simms Life Chevalier Bayard xxiii. 257 We may remember the ambition of the adventurer, Captain Jacquin Caumont, belonging to these very foot-bands of Molart, to prove to the Duke de Nemours that he merited promotion to the horse. 2001 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 65 326 Where foot bands retained a quasi-feudal relationship between captains and soldiers, discipline could be established in the tradition manner. < as lemmas |
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