war establishment

English

Noun

war establishment (countable and uncountable, plural war establishments)

  1. the number of military troops and equipment that a military unit is supposed to have in wartime
    • 1886, The United Service Magazine‎:
      In the case of a European war, we presume that the strength of the different units would be brought up to the regulation full war establishment.

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