slackening
English
Verb
slackening
Noun
slackening (plural slackenings)
- The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.
- 1861, United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics (page 124)
- If the following guide lose his distance from the one leading (which can only happen by his own fault), he will correct himself by slightly lengthening or shortening a few steps, in order that there may not be sudden quickenings or slackenings in the march of his platoon.
- 1861, United States. War Dept, U.S. Infantry Tactics (page 124)