| 单词 |
corporalship |
| 释义 |
corporalship|ˈkɔːpərəlʃɪp| [f. corporal n.2 + -ship.] †1. A body of soldiers under the command of a corporal, or of a Corporal of the Field. Obs.
1591Garrard Art Warre 28 If a corporall-shippe of pikemen be joyned togither with another of shot. 1625Markham Souldiers Accid. 7 This done, you shall deuide one hundred men into foure Corporallshipps or Squadrons. 1635W. Barriffe Mil. Discip. cxx. (1643) 415 Three rots of pikes make a Corporalship. 1672T. Venn Milit. Observ. 191 He [the sergeant] shall march on the outside, where he may best..take charge of their several Corporalships. 2. The office or position of a corporal.
1672T. Venn Milit. Observ. 192 The soldiers under his Corporalship. 1814Scott Wav. vii, Petitions for sergeancies and corporal-ships. 1858Chamb. Jrnl. IX. 160 [He] had worked his way up from a corporalship of marines. |
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