英语词汇“to reduce the square”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†c. transitive. To cause (a battalion formed in the shape of a square) to break formation, the component parts being restored to line or column. Chiefly in to reduce the square. Obsolete.

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1627 G. Markham 2nd Pt. Soldiers Gram. ii. 29 Heere you behould the square or forme of a Battalia, now to reduce this to a Diamond, or imperfect square.]

1728 Exerc. Foot Forces 89 (heading) To Reduce the Square.

1773 R. Lambart New Syst. Mil. Discipline Pref. p. vi I have..directed, how and in what situation it [sc. the square] is to be formed, and how to reduce it when the occasion ceases.

1860 W. J. Hardee Rifle & Light Infantry Tactics (new ed.) II. 193 The colonel, wishing to break the square, will command: 1. Reduce square. 2. March (or double quick—March).

单词	to reduce the square
释义	> as lemmas to reduce the square †c. transitive. To cause (a battalion formed in the shape of a square) to break formation, the component parts being restored to line or column. Chiefly in to reduce the square. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1627 G. Markham 2nd Pt. Soldiers Gram. ii. 29 Heere you behould the square or forme of a Battalia, now to reduce this to a Diamond, or imperfect square.] 1728 Exerc. Foot Forces 89 (heading) To Reduce the Square. 1773 R. Lambart New Syst. Mil. Discipline Pref. p. vi I have..directed, how and in what situation it [sc. the square] is to be formed, and how to reduce it when the occasion ceases. 1860 W. J. Hardee Rifle & Light Infantry Tactics (new ed.) II. 193 The colonel, wishing to break the square, will command: 1. Reduce square. 2. March (or double quick—March). extracted from reducev. < as lemmas
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