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Definition of Single file
1. Noun. A line of persons or things ranged one behind the other.
Specialized synonyms: Snake Dance, Column
Generic synonyms: Line
Derivative terms: File
Definition of Single file
1. Noun. A line or queue one person wide. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a line or queue) One person wide. ¹
3. Adverb. In a line or queue one person wide. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Single File
Literary usage of Single file
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... who go off through the single file made by the crowd; soldiers going first,
then follow Calpurnia, Portia, and other women, and other senators following ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"As there are two in a " rank," there is a left file and a right file; mad men
may mere in " single file" or in " double file." A line of soldiers drawn up ..."
3. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Strung out in single file, they kept on through the woods, with every moment
plunging still deeper into the silent mystery of the gaunt woods; for the trees ..."
4. Indian Wars of New England by Herbert Milton Sylvester (1910)
"Strung out in single file, they kept on through the woods, with every moment
plunging still deeper into the silent mystery of the gaunt woods; for the trees ..."
5. Instruction for Field Artillery by United States War Dept, William Henry French, William Farquhar Barry, Henry Jackson Hunt (1863)
"TO BREAK INTO single file. 384. When the column is marching in double files ...
The detachment being in line may be moved to the front in single file by the ..."
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