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Definition of Manual of arms
1. Noun. (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle.
Generic synonyms: Drill, Exercise, Practice, Practice Session, Recitation
Terms within: Order Arms
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manual Of Arms
Literary usage of Manual of arms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by Silas Casey (1863)
"... before passing to the second lesson, will cause to be repeated the movements
of eyes right, left and front, and the facings. LESSON II. Manual of Arms. ..."
2. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"The French officers who had preceded us had done wonders with them in this respect,
and in the manual of arms it would have put the West Point cadets on ..."
3. Infantry Tactics, Double and Single Rank, Adapted to American Topography and by Emory Upton (1875)
"manual of arms. 186. The ranks being open, the captain may direct the first-lieutenant
to superintend the front rank, the second- lieutenant the rear rank, ..."
4. U. S. Infantry Tactics: For the Instruction, Exercise, and Manœuvres of the by United States War Dept (1863)
"The manual of arms being ended, the instructor will command: 1. ... When the
manual of arms is ended, what commands should the in- "rector give? ..."
5. Privates' Manual by James Alfred Moss (1916)
"In these ceremonies in which soldiers march to martial music with flags flying,
moving and going through the manual of arms with perfect precision and ..."
6. Privates' Manual by James Alfred Moss (1916)
"In these ceremonies in which soldiers march to martial music with flags flying,
moving and going through the manual of arms with perfect precision and ..."
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