order-arms

noun

(in the manual of arms in close-order drill) a position in which the rifle is held at the right side, with its butt on the ground.

(as an interjection) the command to move the rifle to this position.

Origin:
1835–45

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order arms

—*interj*, —n
	military the order in drill to hold the rifle close to the right side with the butt resting on the ground

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