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Internment :: Internment (n.) Confinement within narrow limits, -- as of foreign troops, to the interior of a country..

Formation :: Formation (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc..

Reserved :: Reserved (a.) Kept for future or special use, or for an exigency; as, reserved troops; a reserved seat in a theater..

Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To inclose; to surround of hem in with troops, so as to intercept succors of men and provisions and prevent escape; to lay siege to; as, to invest a town..

Quarter :: Quarter (v. t.) A station or encampment occupied by troops; a place of lodging for soldiers or officers; as, winter quarters..

Embarkation :: Embarkation (n.) The act of putting or going on board of a vessel; as, the embarkation of troops..

Band :: Band (v. t.) To unite in a troop, company, or confederacy..

Victorious :: Victorious (a.) Of or pertaining to victory, or a victor' being a victor; bringing or causing a victory; conquering; winning; triumphant; as, a victorious general; victorious troops; a victorious day..

Troop :: Troop (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.

Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To wander from the direct course or way; to rove; to stray; to wander from the line of march or desert the line of battle; as, when troops are on the march, the men should not straggle..

Stational :: Station (v. t.) To place; to set; to appoint or assign to the occupation of a post, place, or office; as, to station troops on the right of an army; to station a sentinel on a rampart; to station ships on the coasts of Africa..

Turm :: Turm (n.) A troop; a company.

Line :: Line (v. t.) To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops..

Partisan :: Partisan (n.) The commander of a body of detached light troops engaged in making forays and harassing an enemy.

Station :: Station (n.) A place calculated for the rendezvous of troops, or for the distribution of them; also, a spot well adapted for offensive measures. Wilhelm (Mil. Dict.)..

Echelon :: Echelon (v. t.) To place in echelon; to station divisions of troops in echelon.

Canton :: Canton (v. i.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops..

Trench :: Trench (v. t.) An excavation made during a siege, for the purpose of covering the troops as they advance toward the besieged place. The term includes the parallels and the approaches..

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Issue :: Issue (v. i.) To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers..

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