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CLOSE ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does close order mean? 

CLOSE ORDER (noun)
  The noun CLOSE ORDER has 1 sense:

1. a military formation for drill or marchingplay

  Familiarity information: CLOSE ORDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLOSE ORDER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A military formation for drill or marching

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("close order" is a kind of...):

military formation (a formation of troops)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)


 Context examples 


He then commanded his general (who was an old experienced leader, and a great patron of mine) to draw up the troops in close order, and march them under me; the foot by twenty-four abreast, and the horse by sixteen, with drums beating, colours flying, and pikes advanced.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)



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