LINE OF BATTLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("line of battle" is a kind of...):

line (a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops))

Meronyms (parts of "line of battle"):

salient ((military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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