shoulder arms

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

shoulder arms (plural shoulder arms)

  1. (military) a position or command in the manual of arms in which one places a rifle on the either left or right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt.
    Coordinate term: slope arms (UK & Commonwealth)
  2. (Commonwealth, military) a military command in which one places a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand.

Verb

shoulder arms (third-person singular simple present shoulders arms, present participle shouldering arms, simple past and past participle shouldered arms)

  1. (intransitive, military) Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle on the right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt.
    Coordinate term: slope arms (UK & Commonwealth)
  2. (Commonwealth, intransitive, military) Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle in the side of the flank and gripped by either left or right hand.
  3. (intransitive, cricket) To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket.
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