MARCH, MARCHING
ADJECTIVES
► IN CHRISTMAS-TREE ORDER in heavy marching order → 1915 military sl.
NOUNS
► GUTTER-CRAWLING route-marching through streets → E20 army usage
► HAYFOOT, STRAWFOOT used as ‘right, left’ to keep time in marching; used in the Civil War → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TAB marching with heavy equipment over difficult terrain → 1982 Brit. sl., esp. Parachute Regiment usage
► YOMP marching with heavy equipment over difficult terrain → 1982 Brit. sl., esp. Royal Marines usage
VERBS
► AYRE to march, to proceed, to make one’s way; to move about, as opposed to remain still → c1440 obs.
► GALUMPH to march on exultingly with irregular bounding movements → 1872
► GAMBADE to prance, to strut, to march jauntily → 1827 Sc. obs.
► TAB to march or otherwise travel on foot across country → 1982 UK military sl.
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