单词 | left-oblique |
释义 | > as lemmasleft-oblique 5. Military. A movement or march in an oblique direction, esp. a half-face. In quot. 1845 in left-oblique. Cf. oblique v. 2a. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > march > line of march walkc1450 baseline1802 oblique1845 1845 T. J. Green Jrnl. Texian Exped. vi. 52 He suddenly makes a ‘left-oblique’ for the Laredo road. 1957 R. S. Quimby Background Napoleonic Warfare iv. 161 There were thus two oblique orders, the true oblique, oblique de principe, and the oblique de circonstance in which..it [sc. the army] could attack the enemy at one or several points while being safe in its refused parts. < as lemmas |
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