close order drill

English

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Noun

close order drill (countable and uncountable, plural close order drills)

  1. (military) Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
    • 2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, →ISBN, page 186:
      Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”
    • 2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, →ISBN, page 340:
      Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.
    • 2008, Gregg Stoner, The Yellow Footprints to Hell and Back, →ISBN:
      One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.

Translations
arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops
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