‘Mount!’, ‘To horse!’ (used as a cavalry call indicating alarm). Also as n.: a call of ‘Mountee!’.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > cavalry signals (7) mountee1415 ‘Mount!’, ‘To horse!’ (used as a cavalry call indicating alarm). Also as n.: a call of ‘Mountee!’. tucket1605 A flourish on a trumpet; a signal for marching used by cavalry troops. (Cf. sennet, n.1) Also figurative. boute-selle1628 A trumpet-call, warning knights or cavalry to put on the saddle; = boot and saddle at boot, n.3 1b. boot and saddle1697 Phrases, as †to make one boot serve for either leg (see quot.); the boot is on the other leg: the case is altered, the responsibility is on the… watering call1798 a call or signal summoning members of the cavalry to water their horses. stable-call1889 a bugle-call to stables (see 4). stable1908 Military. Used in plural for: Duty or work in the stables; also the bugle-call for this duty, stable-call. |
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