单词 | home squadron |
释义 | > as lemmashome squadron home squadron n. any squadron operating in the waters or (in later use) airspace of its own country; spec. (with capital initials) a squadron of the U.S. Navy detailed to home defence (now historical). ΚΠ 1730 ‘The Mariner’ Specimen towards New & Compl. Plan 11 The Home Squadron takes the Middle Station, the Middle the Foreign, and the Foreign the Home. 1837 Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer & Daily Courier 15 Dec. The Senate passed a bill to-day, to authorize the establishment of a Home Squadron for the protection of navigators on the Atlantic coast, and sent it down to the House. 1904 Times 6 June 5 New battleships and cruisers for the home squadrons would be an infinitely better investment. 2002 in M. E. Wagner et al. Libr. Congr. Civil War Desk Ref. vii. 548 After Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of Confederate ports, the extensive..Southern coastline and the dearth of Union ships made it impossible for the existing Home Squadron to carry out the president's order. 2008 D. I. Hall Strategy for Victory v. 75 Fighter Command released eighty-seven Hurricanes from home squadrons and Bomber Command contributed forty-one Wellingtons and eighty-five Blenheim IVs. < as lemmas |
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