squadroned

English

Etymology

squadron +‎ -ed

Adjective

squadroned (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Formed into squadrons, or squares.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book 2”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     They gladly thither haste , and , by a quire
     Of squadroned Angels , hear his carol sung

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for squadroned in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)