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Definition of Field of honor
1. Noun. The scene of a duel.
2. Noun. A region where a battle is being (or has been) fought. "They made a tour of Civil War battlefields"
Specialized synonyms: Armageddon, Camlan
Terms within: Battlefront, Front, Front Line, Sector
Generic synonyms: Parcel, Parcel Of Land, Piece Of Ground, Piece Of Land, Tract
Definition of Field of honor
1. Noun. Any place a duel was fought. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Of Honor
Literary usage of Field of honor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Magazine of Art by American Federation of Arts (1918)
"THE AMERICAN field of honor An Association styled "The American Field of Honor"
has been formed, the purpose, of which is to cooperate with the Government ..."
2. Beacon Lights of Patriotism: Or, Historic Incentives to Virtue and Good by Henry Beebee Carrington (1894)
"At the call, the sergeant of his original company stepped to the front, and with
his salute replied, " Dead on the field of honor. ..."
3. American Progress: Or, The Great Events of the Greatest Century, Including by Richard Miller Devens (1892)
"Words and Acts of these Two Foremost Men of their Times, on the " Field of
Honor."— Result of the Hostile Meeting.—Fame of these Party Leaders. ..."
4. Side Lights on the Bench and Bar of Chester County by Wilmer W. MacElree, Wilmer W. Mac Elree (1918)
"DIED ON THE field of honor "Hear the tolling of the bells—iron bells! What a
world of solemn thought their monody compels! ..."
5. Rebel Rhymes and Other Poems by Elizabeth J. Hereford (1888)
"DEAD ON THE field of honor. ... Land " heard once again, The living there may
proudly say : " They sleep, our comrades true to-day, Upon the field of honor. ..."
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