overmarchedadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈmɑːtʃt/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈmɑrtʃt/ Of soldiers: exhausted by having to march too far or for too long. Also in extended use.
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1866 H. Greeley Amer. Conflict II. iv. 79/2 Our weary, overmarched men, who had been nearly 24 hours on their feet, were confronted by a less numerous Rebel force.
1893 Daily News 1 May 3/1 The poor mis-commanded,..over-marched, outnumbered fighting men.
1911 M. Johnston Long Roll xxii. 302 ‘The poor guns! Even they look overmarched.’ As he spoke he stroked the howitzer as though it had been a living thing.
1967 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 54 674 The former cavalry man, leading infantry, ‘moved too rapidly, [and] too many of his over-marched men failed to get into his battles’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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