Meaning

(military) A long march for training purposes..

Definitions by Sense

1. (military) A long march for training purposes.
2. (by extension, informal) A long grueling walk.
3. (military) To go or send on a route-march.
4. (informal) To go or send on a long, exhausting tour by foot.

Example Sentences

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.

This young officer came up to me and asked me whether I would mind marching more slowly -- they were running out of puff. I thought I was supposed to go on a route-march and be back by a certain time.

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

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.

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.

Word Forms

• route-marches
• routemarch
• route march
• route-marching
• route-marched

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Use route-march when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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