| 单词 | naval brigade |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnaval brigade naval brigade n. (also Naval Brigade) now historical a landing force; a seaborne reinforcement force for land troops. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > a naval force or fleet > [noun] > part of force for special duty > landing force naval brigade1848 1848 Southern Q. Rev. Jan. 223 The 55th regiment and Madras rifles..observed that a large body of the enemy were escaping from the scene of indiscriminate slaughter,..from the citadel and batteries which the naval brigade had stormed. 1883 L. D. Melton & W. H. Oliphant Cruise of U.S.S. Galena vii. 80 On several occasions our Naval Brigade was landed upon the breakwater and exercised in marching and counter-marching. 1904 J. S. Corbett Eng. in Mediterranean II. xxiv. 119 The real attack was made from the centre with five battalions of infantry, the naval brigade, and the three troops of British horse. 1992 Nova Scotia Trav. Guide 1992 231/1 Animators attired as sailors of the Naval Brigade and soldiers of the Royal Artillery and the 78th Highlanders of 1869 re-enact life at the fort. < as lemmas |
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