close order drill
English
Alternative forms
- close-order drill
Noun
close order drill (countable and uncountable, plural close order drills)
- (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.
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Related terms
- extended order drill
- in close order
Translations
arranged in compact units for marching or drill - of troops
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