TEWTn.

/tjuːt/

Forms: Also Tewt, etc.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of tactical exercise without troops.

Army slang.

Tactical exercise without troops, an exercise used in the training of junior officers.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > type of drill or training

sham fight1598

field exercise1616

martinet1677

field evolutions1789

foot drill1795

goose-step1806

war-game1828

rope drill1833

field training1836

repetition training1859

skeleton drill1876

drill-down1889

Beast Barracks1896

basic training1898

monkey motion1909

assault course1915

TEWT1942

workup1971

Taceval1977

1942 E. Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 95/2 T.E.W.T., slangily, a tewt or tute. A tactical exercise without troops.

1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 191 Tewt,..on which junior officers learnt how to be generals. Invaluable according to some authorities (those who set the Tewts), a complete waste of time according to others (those who carried them out).

1952 E. Waugh Men at Arms ii. iii. 194 Leonard improvised ‘No more tewts and no more drill, No night ops to cause a chill.’

1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger viii. 117 Above all, individual training was the time for TEWTs.

1980 Globe & Laurel July 206/1 Two TEWTs were laid on for the officers and NCOs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	tewt
释义	TEWTn. /tjuːt/ Forms: Also Tewt, etc. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of tactical exercise without troops. Army slang. Tactical exercise without troops, an exercise used in the training of junior officers. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > type of drill or training sham fight1598 field exercise1616 martinet1677 field evolutions1789 foot drill1795 goose-step1806 war-game1828 rope drill1833 field training1836 repetition training1859 skeleton drill1876 drill-down1889 Beast Barracks1896 basic training1898 monkey motion1909 assault course1915 TEWT1942 workup1971 Taceval1977 1942 E. Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 95/2 T.E.W.T., slangily, a tewt or tute. A tactical exercise without troops. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 191 Tewt,..on which junior officers learnt how to be generals. Invaluable according to some authorities (those who set the Tewts), a complete waste of time according to others (those who carried them out). 1952 E. Waugh Men at Arms ii. iii. 194 Leonard improvised ‘No more tewts and no more drill, No night ops to cause a chill.’ 1956 J. Masters Bugles & Tiger viii. 117 Above all, individual training was the time for TEWTs. 1980 Globe & Laurel July 206/1 Two TEWTs were laid on for the officers and NCOs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1942
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