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- (military) a position or command in the manual of arms in which one places a rifle on the either left or right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt.
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Meaning
- [Noun]
- (military) a position or command in the manual of arms in which one places a rifle on the either left or right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt.
- (Commonwealth, military) a military command in which one places a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand.
- [Verb]
- (intransitive, military) Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle on the right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt.
- (Commonwealth, intransitive, military) Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand.
- (intransitive, cricket) To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket.
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