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Definition of Firing line
1. Noun. The line from which soldiers deliver fire.
2. Noun. The most advanced and responsible group in an activity. "The firing line is where the action is"
Definition of Firing line
1. Noun. (military) The line from which soldiers fire their weapons at a target; especially the front line of troops in a battle ¹
2. Noun. A row of shooters ¹
3. Noun. (idiomatic) The vanguard of an activity ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firing Line
Literary usage of Firing line
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1891)
"The commander of the firing line superintends the firing ; he must never ...
The firing line may advance from cover to cover by rushes executed by the whole ..."
2. Tactics by William Balck (1915)
"(c) Reinforcing the firing line. If the fire power of the firing line is to be
... When the firing line is prolonged, tactical units are not broken up, ..."
3. Organization and Tactics by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1906)
"If the firing line supported by it is at the flank of the general line, or if
gaps or intervals, through which the enemy might penetrate, exist in the line, ..."
4. International Law and the World War by James Wilford Garner (1920)
"Employment of Prisoners behind the firing line. Strong protests were made by the
British and French governments against the conduct of the German government ..."
5. Organization and Tactics by Arthur Lockwood Wagner (1895)
"In the beginning of the attack the distance of the reserve from the firing line
varies from 500 to 750 yards. In our drill regulations ..."
6. Technique of Modern Tactics: A Study of Troop Leading Methods in the by Paul Stanley Bond, Michael Joseph McDonough (1916)
"A 16 squad company can place 128 rifles (8 x 16) in the firing line. Hence the
frontage of any line will be equal to about 128 yards multiplied by number of ..."
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