route-march
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A long march for training purposes.
verb
To go or send on a route-march.
Example Sentences
- "Half of the unit was preparing for some training exercise, apparently a route-march carrying full kit."
- "He then proceeded to lead them on a route-march at a blistering pace that many struggled to keep up with."
- "We had been out on a route-march. You know, I daresay, that nowadays a route-march is not simply a matter of marching. In a route-march there is involved a certain amount of field training."
- "This young officer came up to me and asked me whether I would mind marching more slowly -- they were running out of puff. I thought I was supposed to go on a route-march and be back by a certain time."
- "Anna, she sensed, was the kind of indomitable woman who could go on a route-march for seven days and nights without sleeping."
- "The troops drilled, trained, route-marched, and adapted to military life and to each other."