- Army unit - Body of troops - The human body, whether living or dead. - A body of men; esp., an organized division of
the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of
topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps. - A body or code of laws. - The land with which a prebend or other
ecclesiastical office is endowed.
- Body of troops - Body of troops in close formation - A body of heavy-armed infantry formed in ranks and files
close and deep. There were several different arrangements, the phalanx
varying in depth from four to twenty-five or more ranks of men. - Any body of troops or men formed in close array, or any
combination of people distinguished for firmness and solidity of a
union. - A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. - One of the digital bones of the hand or foot, beyond the
metacarpus or metatarsus; an internode. - A group or bundle of stamens, as in polyadelphous flowers.
- Army unit - Army unit commanded by a lieutenant colonel - Body of troops - Impose strict control on order of metering - Government; mode of ruling; rule; authority; regimen. - A region or district governed. - A body of men, either horse, foot, or artillery,
commanded by a colonel, and consisting of a number of companies,
usually ten.
- After midnight, Harrison heads off for military base - Body of troops stationed in a particular location - Defensive body of troops - Fort - Gee! Harrison loses his head in troop station - Military post - Military stronghold
- Armed force - Body of citizen soldiers - Citizen soldiers - Civilian army - Civilian fighting force - Civilian soldiers - Supplementary body of troops
- Side - Side (of the body) - Side of a body of troops - Side part - Wing - The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal,
between the ribs and the hip. See Illust. of Beef. - The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a
brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to
attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side.
- A lying in a wood, concealed, for the purpose of
attacking an enemy by surprise. Hence: A lying in wait, and concealed
in any situation, for a like purpose; a snare laid for an enemy; an
ambush. - A place in which troops lie hid, to attack an enemy
unexpectedly. - The body of troops lying in ambush. - To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush. - To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or
lurking place; to waylay. - To lie in ambush.