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Definition of Military formation
1. Noun. A formation of troops.
Generic synonyms: Formation
Specialized synonyms: Open Order, Close Order, Extended Order, Sick Call, Sick Parade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Military Formation
Literary usage of Military formation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fundamentals of Military Service by Lincoln Clarke Andrews, Leonard Wood (1916)
"Two different interpretations of a command are enough, if acted upon by individuals,
to convert a military formation into a mass from which it can be ..."
2. Details of Military Medical Administration by Joseph Herbert Ford (1918)
"Prohibition of any military formation except setting up exercises before breakfast.
2. Statement of inability of troops to stand severe exercise until ..."
3. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"military formation will be kept on the boat deck and " B " deck and in front of
the two boats on " C " deck, according to instructions and drill already ..."
4. A Journal of the Great War by Charles Gates Dawes (1921)
"military formation will be kept on the boat deck and " B " deck and in front of
the two boats on " C " deck, according to instructions and drill already ..."
5. The Advocate of Peace by American Peace Society (1902)
"... about the streets firing, or fall into military formation whenever he wanted
to get on an omnibus. All of which was very witty, but woefully irrelevant. ..."
6. The Army Book for the British Empire: A Record of the Development and by William Howley Goodenough, James Cecil Dalton (1893)
"In other nations the end to be arrived at, the particular military formation,
whether army, army corps, brigade, or other fighting body required, ..."
7. The Royal Military Chronicle: Or, British Officers Monthly Register and (1811)
"\Ve shall execute this part of our subject by considering it under the four
following heads: 1 st, Its military formation ; uà, Its mode of ballot; 3d, ..."
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