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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun echelon has 2 senses
- echelon(n = noun.group) - a body of troops arranged in a line; is a kind of force, military force, military group, military unit
- echelon(n = noun.artifact) - a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset; is a kind of diffraction grating, grating
CIDE DICTIONARY
echelon, n. [F., fr. échelle ladder, fr. L. scala.].
- An arrangement of a body of troops when its divisions are drawn up in parallel lines each to the right or the left of the one in advance of it, like the steps of a ladder in position for climbing. Also used adjectively; as, echelon distance. Upton (Tactics). [1913 Webster]
- An arrangement of a fleet in a wedge or
V form. Encyc. Dict. [1913 Webster]
echelon, v. t.
To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon. [1913 Webster]
echelon, v. i.
To take position in echelon. [1913 Webster]
"Change direction to the left, echelon by battalion from the right."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
echelon, n. & v.
--n.
1 a level or rank in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl. : the upper echelons).
2 Mil. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front (in echelon).
--v.tr. arrange in an echelon.
--n.
1 a level or rank in an organization, in society, etc.; those occupying it (often in pl. : the upper echelons).
2 Mil. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, etc., in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front (in echelon).
--v.tr. arrange in an echelon.
Etymology
F {eacute}chelon f. {eacute}chelle ladder f. L scala
THESAURUS
echelon
battle array, caste, class, close formation, condition, deployment, disposition, file, footing, formation, formation flying, hierarchy, open order, order, order of battle, place, position, power structure, precedence, queue, rank, rate, rating, row, sphere, stage, standing, station, status, string, tierROGET THESAURUS
echelon
Attack
N attack, assault, assault and battery, onset, onslaught, charge, aggression, offense, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, outbreak, estrapade, ruade, coupe de main, sally, sortie, camisade, raid, foray, run at, run against, dead set at, storm, storming, boarding, escalade, siege, investment, obsession, bombardment, cannonade, fire, volley, platoon fire, file fire, fusillade, sharpshooting, broadside, raking fire, cross fire, volley of grapeshot, whiff of the grape, feu d'enfer, cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust, coupe de bec, kick, punch, battue, razzia, Jacquerie, dragonnade, devastation, eboulement, assailant, aggressor, invader, base of operations, point of attack, echelon, attacking, aggressive, offensive, obsidional, up in arms, on the offensive, Int, up and at them!, the din of arms, the yell of savage rage, the shriek of agony, the groan of death, their fatal hands no second stroke intend, thirst for glory quells the love of life.
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