| 单词 |
tertia |
| 释义 |
ˈtertia Now Hist.
Also 7 tercia.
[app. an altered form of tercio, tertio, due to obscurity of final vowel.]
A division of infantry: see quot. 1870; a tercio; a regiment; also transf.
1630B. Jonson New Inn iii. i, 'Twill be desired Only, the expressions were a little more Spanish;..To call them tertias—tertia of the kitchen, Tertia of the cellar, tertia of the chamber, And tertia of the stables. 1644R. Symonds Diary Civ. War (Camden) 159 When the King's army was in Cornwall, the infantry was divided into three Tertias, and every tertia should consist of three brigades. Ibid. 167 Lord Astleys Tertia of foot made the approaches. 1670Dryden 2nd Pt. Conq. Granada i. i, That tertia of Italians did you guide. 1819Scott Leg. Montrose ii. 1870C. R. Markham Life Ld. Fairfax vii. 61 A foot regiment was..formed in solid square battalions ten deep, called tertias, the pikes in the centre, and the musketeers on either flank. |
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