route-march

Definitions

1. 1

   A long march for training purposes.

   • Half of the unit was preparing for some training exercise, apparently a route-march carrying full kit.
   • He then proceeded to lead them on a route-march at a blistering pace that many struggled to keep up with.
   • We had been out on a route-march. You know, I daresay, that nowadays a route-march is not simply a matter of marching. In a route-march there is involved a certain amount of field training.
2. 2

   A long grueling walk.

   • Anna, she sensed, was the kind of indomitable woman who could go on a route-march for seven days and nights without sleeping.
3. 3

   To go or send on a route-march.

   • The troops drilled, trained, route-marched, and adapted to military life and to each other.
   • The Battalion of East Surreys billeted in its sad empty houses was route-marched through the rain around Stirling.
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   1. 4

      To go or send on a long, exhausting tour by foot.

      • I always describe Deaf School as my tertiary education, I was route-marched around galleries and museums for the entire week, with running commentaries by informed people.

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