marchman

A person living on the marches or borders of two countries; a borderer. "Now Bowden Moor the march - man won." Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel, i. 50. march-ward, s. A warden of the marches; a marcher. IMG:content-0927.png:[blocks in formation] 1. Mil .: The amount of ground covered by a body of troops in one day. Fifteen miles is the ordinary distance; anything above that is a forced march, but it also depends on weather, state of roads, and length of column. Large armies usually move with complete division on the main roads; but these column are within supporting distance of each other and should not be separated by intervening obstacles that would prevent easy concen tration for battl. Rate of march, 2% to miles an hour, including a brief halt after the first half hour, and a halt of five minutes every succeeding hour. Flank marches are those made in proximity to the enemy, but acro his general front. 2. Mus .: A musical composition so arranged as to be suitable for accompanying troops in walking. There are quick and slow marches in duple and treble time, besides marches peculiar to certain nationalities. "The drums presently striking up a march , they make no longer stay, but forward they go directly."-Knolles: Hist. of the Turks. 3. Weav.: One of the short laths laid acro the treadles under the shafts. To make a march : In euchre, to take all the tricks of a single deal. march-past, s. A marching past a reviewing officer or some high personage on parade.