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Definition of Detrains
1. detrain [v] - See also: detrain
Lexicographical Neighbors of Detrains
Literary usage of Detrains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the World War by Frank Herbert Simonds (1917)
"As each army corps detrains, it forms and begins its march to the front.
The campaign then begins in dead earnest. Casualties occur which cause a stream of ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1901)
"Carmelo Land & Coal Co. 99 Cal. 397, 33 Pac. 112U. Interpreting the •detrains by
the foregoing rules, ..."
3. 1914 by John Denton Pinkstone French (1919)
""The task of the British Army now in the general operations should, therefore,
be constantly to prolong the general line as it detrains, in order to ..."
4. Military Sketching and Map Reading by Loren Chester Grieves (1918)
"Assuming that Part I of the text referred to will constitute part of the course:
it deals with an infantry regiment that detrains, advances, reconnoiters, ..."
5. Military Sketching and Map Reading by Loren Chester Grieves (1917)
"Assuming that Part I of the text referred to will constitute part of the course:
it deals with an infantry regiment that detrains, advances, reconnoiters, ..."
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