Lexic.us

Definition of Reconnoitering

1. Noun. Exploring in order to gain information. "Scouting in enemy territory is very dangerous"

Definition of Reconnoitering

1. Verb. (present participle of reconnoiter) ¹

2. Noun. A reconnoiter of enemy land or position. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reconnoitering

1. reconnoiter [v] - See also: reconnoiter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reconnoitering

Literary usage of Reconnoitering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"The duty of reconnoitering patrols is to gather information of the hostile forces. ... reconnoitering patrols are again divided into two general classes, ..."

2. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"Cavalry patrols are of two general classes, reconnoitering (information), ... reconnoitering patrols are again divided into two general classes, ..."

3. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"reconnoitering EXPEDITION OF GARABITO. STRATAGEM OF PEDRARIAS TO ENTRAP VASCO NUNEZ. THE person intrusted with the reconnoitering expedition to Acla was ..."

4. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and by Washington Irving (1849)
"reconnoitering EXPEDITION OF GARABITO. STRATAGEM OF PEDRARIAS TO ENTRAP VASCO NUNEZ. THE person intrusted with the reconnoitering expedition to Acla was ..."

5. Roughing It by Mark Twain (2001)
"reconnoitering. We had an abundance of fruit in Honolulu, of course. Oranges, pine-apples, bananas, strawberries, lemons, limes, mangoes, guavas, melons, ..."

6. The Service of Security & Information by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1893)
"The employment of the cavalry as a reconnoitering . screen in advance of the army was habitual in the wars of the Consulate and First Empire, ..."

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