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Definition of Proving ground
1. Noun. A workplace for testing new equipment or ideas.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proving Ground
Literary usage of Proving ground
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"Naval proving ground.—In February, 1S!>0. a tract of 059 acres at Indian Head,
on the Potomac. 20 miles below Washington, was purchased and converted into a ..."
2. Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the Midshipmen of the by Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, United States Naval Academy (1915)
"The US Xaval Proving-Ground is situated at Indian Head, Md., and comprises a
tract of land ... After a gun is completed, it is sent to the proving-ground. ..."
3. Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House by United States Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations (1912)
"The Sandy Hook proving ground is very different from any other post in the ...
The proving ground is a permanent place. We would need the proving ground ..."
4. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to ... (1993)
"Army Electronic proving ground, ATTN: STEEP-MO, Fort Huachuca, AZ 85635-7110.
Robert E. Reiner Phone: (602)538-7618. Yuma proving ground, Department of the ..."
5. Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements: Being a Compilation from by James William Bryan (1921)
"The modern newspaper is the proving ground of history. To illustrate let us
suppose that our newspaper press, as we know it today, had existed in ..."
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