stand-to

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A state of readiness assumed by ground troops at dawn and dusk in wartime.

   “"Stand-to" at dusk for about an hour, work all night, "stand-to" for an hour before dawn. That's the general programme.”

2. fiil To assume such a state of readiness.

   “I passed the word along the line for the company to stand-to arms. The N.C.O's whispered hoarsely into the dug-outs: ‘Stand-to, stand-to,’ and out the men tumbled with their rifles in their hands.”