The extra-professional duties of a soldier, sometimes allotted to him as punishment for misdemeanour; an instance of this.

A lashing consisting of a piece of rope fastened to a rack-stick, by means of which it may be twisted tight; the process of lashing by this method.

a form of drill used as a punishment and involving marching in full uniform carrying a heavy pack (no names, no pack-drill: see no names, no pack…

an obsolete form of military punishment in which the soldier punished had to carry a cannon-ball.

Punishment for defaulters; the defaulters themselves; the cells in which they are placed. Also attributive (occasionally in singular form).

(see quots.).