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/ˈɛʃəlˌɑn/ Listen

Echelon

noun

A body of troops arranged in a line.

A diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset.

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"Echelon" Quotes from Famous Books

... the order:—"Water horses," and the Regiment loafed off to the squadron-troughs, which were in rear of the stables and between these and the barracks. There were four huge troughs, one for each squadron, arranged en echelon, so that the whole Regiment could water in ten minutes if it liked. But it lingered for seventeen, as a rule, while ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling

... of the fact that the word "Echelon" is a term of such common usage, the following definition is given: By echelon we mean a formation in which the subdivisions are placed one behind another, extending beyond and unmasking one another either wholly ...

— Manual of Military Training - Second, Revised Edition • James A. Moss

... the return, the young cavalrymen swept, at a gallop, by platoons, in echelon and by column of squads. This done, the cadets rode forward, baiting in line before the reviewers. Here the senior cavalry instructor rode in front and gave ...

— Dick Prescotts's Fourth Year at West Point - Ready to Drop the Gray for Shoulder Straps • H. Irving Hancock

... from a strategical point of view can we be certain whether a particular landing represents an advance guard or is a diversionary operation to mask a larger landing elsewhere. This is a special difficulty when in the case of large operations the landing army arrives in echelon like the Second Japanese army. In that instance the naval feint was used strategically, and apparently with conspicuous effect. The Russians were always apprehensive that the Japanese would strike for Newchuang at the head of the Gulf of Pe-chi-li, and for this ...

— Some Principles of Maritime Strategy • Julian Stafford Corbett

... Then they formed in echelon, by columns of fours, refused the left, and retired in great style on the double-quick. I was ...

— The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories • Mark Twain

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