| 单词 | to rest arms |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto rest (one's) arms b. transitive. Military. To hold (a weapon) in a relaxed position. Also in extended use: (of a commander of troops) to command troops to relax (their weapons). Chiefly in to rest (one's) arms. Now rare or historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (transitive)] > position weapons charge1509 trailc1550 present1579 recover1594 return1598 handle1621 rest1622 port1625 slope1625 reverse1630 to order arms1678 carry1779 1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. ix. 35 He shall have for his right hand a handsome Rest of Ash or other light wood, with an yron pike in the nether end, and an halfe hoope of yron aboue to lay the musquet in when hee rests it. 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipline cx. 326 Cause all your Muskettiers to face in opposition; to cocke their Matches, guard their Pans, and rest their Muskets. 1682 London Gaz. No. 1684/1 Both sides of the Bridge..being Lined with Grenadiers with their Muskets rested. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4253/2 A Company of Her Majesty's Foot-Guards.., who rested their Arms as the Ambassador pass'd by. 1770 J. Langhorne & W. Langhorne tr. Plutarch Lives III. 400 As Nicias was drawing up against him, Gylippus rested his arms, and sent a herald. 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. To Rest arms, to bring the firelock to the same position as in present arms. 1866 Colburn's United Service Mag. Nov. 328 To the governor, all general officers, and the field officers of their own regiment, sentries are to rest arms. 1920 A. A. Chapin Jane xxi. 287 ‘Strike’ means to the player what ‘Rest arms’ or ‘Break ranks’ or ‘Dismissed’ means to a soldier. 1985 P. D. Nelson Anthony Wayne ii. 40 When ordered to rest arms they threw their pieces in the dust. < as lemmas |
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