route step

route step
noun Date: 1861 a style of marching in which troops maintain prescribed intervals but are not required to keep in step or to maintain silence — called also route march

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • route march — noun : a practice march in peacetime or one at a distance from the enemy in wartime in which troops maintain the prescribed interval and distance but are not required to keep step, maintain silence, or hold their arms in any one position * * *… …   Useful english dictionary

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  • step — n 1. footstep, stride, pace, military pace. 2. footfall, tread, tramp, pad; clip clop, clippety clop, hoofbeat. 3. footprint, footmark, print, track; trail, spoor, vestige, imprint. 4. gait, walk, bearing, carriage; shuffle, hobble; mincing step; …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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