regiment : Idioms & Phrases
Marching regiment
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(Mil.) (a) A regiment in active service .(b) In England, a regiment liable to be ordered into other quarters, at home or abroad; a regiment of the line.
Webster 1913
Regiment of the line
(Mil.) , a regiment organized for general service; in distinction from those (as the Life Guards) whose duties are usually special. Eng.
Webster 1913
Skeleton regiment
- a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men.