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line of battle

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line of battle
n
(Military) a formation adopted by a military or naval force when preparing for action
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Noun1.line of battle - a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
line - a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops); "they attacked the enemy's line"
salient - (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy


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For a hundred years now no British fleet has engaged the enemy in line of battle.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
The line of battle in the edge of the wood stands at a new kind of "attention," each man in the attitude in which he was caught by the consciousness of what is going on.
A Son of the Gods by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
In the first faint gray of the morning, when the swarming advance had paused to resume something of definition as a line of battle, and skirmishers had been thrown forward, word was passed along to call the roll.
Present At A Hanging And Other Ghost Stories by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
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