flying army

English

Noun

flying army (plural flying armies)

(archaic, military) A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm.
- 1749, William Duff, A New and Full, Critical, Biographical, and Geographical History of Scotland:
  a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English

References

“flying”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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