单词 | to trail a pike |
释义 | > as lemmasto trail a pike a. Military. Originally: to carry (a pike or similar weapon) in the right hand in an oblique position with the head forward and the butt nearly touching the ground. Later spec.: to carry (a lance or rifle) in a horizontal position in the right hand with the arm fully extended downward (as in the British army), or in an oblique position, grasping it just above the balance with the arm extended downward and slightly bent (as in the U.S. army). (Also, formerly, to carry (a pike) reversed, with the pointed head dragging along the ground, as at military funerals: see quot. 1688.) to trail a pike, to serve as a soldier (archaic). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] to bear armsc1325 to take armsa1425 serve1430 war1535 to trail a pikec1550 sold1564 to follow the drum1575 to see and serve1590 soldierize1593 militate1625 soldier1647 be in buff1701 to go (a-)soldiering1756 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 the world > life > death > obsequies > formal or ceremonial mourning > exhibit mourning for [verb (transitive)] > trail weapons trail1688 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vii. 55 The eldest of them vas in harnes, traland ane halbert, behynd hym. 1575 T. Churchyard 1st Pt. Chippes f. 58 v And still I hoept, the warres wold me aduaunce So trayld the piek, and world began a nue. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. i. 41 Trailes thou the puissant pike? a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Ev/1 How proud..should I be, To traile a pike under your brave command. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xix. 147/2 Trayle your pike, is to take it in the right hand vnder the head and hold it close to your side. In this posture they march. There is an other way of traileing the pike, which is by takeing the but end in the right hand holding it to the side, traileing or drawing the head after vpon the ground. In this posture they march at the funerall of a souldier. 1803 Regulations for Exercise of Riflemen 4 Trail Arms. The left hand seizes the rifle at the second pipe, the right close over the sight, and trails it on the right side at arm's length. 1825 W. Scott Talisman x, in Tales Crusaders III. 234 The soldiers wore the downcast..looks, with which they trail their arms at a funeral. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry i. v. 161 The lance is ‘trailed’ by being carried in the right hand at the balance. 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 92 Ben Jonson..trailed a pike in the Low Countries. 1877 Manual Field Artillery Exercises 62 Trail Arms. The Trail. Give the carbine a cant upwards with the right hand, seizing it close behind the back-sight, and bring it to a horizontal position at the full extent of the arm, fingers and thumb round the carbine. 1879 Martini-Henry Rifle Exerc. 13 Arms must never be trailed with fixed bayonets. < as lemmas |
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