close order drill

English

Alternative forms

• close-order drill

Noun

close order drill (countable and uncountable, plural close order drills)

1. (military) Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
   • 2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, →ISBN, page 186:

     Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”

   • 2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, →ISBN, page 340:

     Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.

   • 2008, Gregg Stoner, The Yellow Footprints to Hell and Back, →ISBN:

     One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.

Related terms

• extended order drill
• in close order

Translations

arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops

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