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1Drill commands — are generally used with a group that is marching, most often in military foot drill or marching band. All branches of the military use drill commands. Contents 1 Command voice 2 Common drill commands 2.1 United Kingdom and Australia …
2Drill (fabric) — Drill is stout durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.[1] It can be used unbleached, although it is more often bleached or dyed.[1] Use in clothing …
3drill — drill1 [dril] n. [Du dril < drillen, to bore, ult. < IE base * ter, to rub (esp. with turning motion) > THROW] 1. a tool or apparatus for boring holes in wood, metal, stone, teeth, etc. 2. the sound of drilling or boring ☆ 3. any of… …
4drill — drill1 drillable, adj. drillability, n. driller, n. /dril/, n. 1. Mach., Building Trades. a. a shaftlike tool with two or more cutting edges for making holes in firm materials, esp. by rotation. b. a tool, esp. a hand tool, for holding and… …
5drill — {{11}}drill (n.1) tool for making holes, 1610s, from Du. dril, drille a hole, instrument for boring holes, from drillen to bore (a hole), turn around, whirl (see DRILL (Cf. drill) (v.)). {{12}}drill (n.2) small furrow, 1727; also machine for… …
6drill — English has no fewer than four separate words drill, all of them comparatively recent acquisitions. Drill ‘make a hole’ [16] was borrowed from Middle Dutch drillen, but beyond that is history is obscure. The word’s military application, to… …
7drill — English has no fewer than four separate words drill, all of them comparatively recent acquisitions. Drill ‘make a hole’ [16] was borrowed from Middle Dutch drillen, but beyond that is history is obscure. The word’s military application, to… …
8Foot drill — “Troops who march in an irregular and disorderly manner are always in great danger of being defeated.” Vegetius: De Re Militari , circa A.D. 375 390A Foot Drill is an essential part of the military training regimen of today s armed forces. Foot… …
9Khaki drill — or KD was the term for a type of fabric and the British military uniforms made from them. Khaki Drill was worn from 1900 to 1949 and was most often used in tropical service. Generally KD was a series of different uniform patterns of light khaki… …
10Colonial troops — Call up ad inviting citizens to enlist in French Colonial Forces, after colonies of North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia) had been reconquered by the Allies in World War II. Colonial troops or colonial army refers to various military units recruited… …
