| 单词 | halfcompany |
| 释义 | > as lemmashalf-company half-company n. Military (now historical) a body of troops of half the strength of a company. Π 1608 E. Grimeston in tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xvi. 1359 Two companies of Englishmen ledde by Sir Thomas Harwood and captaine Iohn Vere, and two halfe companies of horsemen, the one collonel Edmonds, the other Sir Iohn Ratclifes. 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/1 Half-companies are the same as subdivisions, equal to two stations. 2016 European Union News (Nexis) 8 Aug. Gabriel Coury earned his honour, in action on 8 August 1916, near Arrow Head Copse when he was a second lieutenant in command of a half-company of pioneers attached to the 1/4th Battalion Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment. half-company half-company n. (see quot. 1853). ΚΠ 1853 J. H. Stocqueler Mil. Encycl. 128/1 Half-companies are the same as subdivisions, equal to two stations. < as lemmas |
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