What does countermarching mean?
Countermarching means present participle and gerund of countermarch.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of countermarch.
[…] every private man was fit to command, and their wheelings, marchings, countermarchings, and exercise, were done with such order and readiness, that the distinct words of command were hardly of any use among them […]
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Countermarching means present participle and gerund of countermarch.
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[…] every private man was fit to command, and their wheelings, marchings, countermarchings, and exercise, were done with such order and readiness, that the distinct words of command were hardly of any use among them […]
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