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Meanings of manual of arms in English

(Military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle.

        Usage of manual of arms in English
        1
        He taught them the manual of arms when they could barely walk.
        East of eden
        2
        The following rules govern the execution of the manual of arms:
        The Plattsburg Manual: A Handbook for Military Training
        3
        He was instructed in the manual of arms by the Marschal de Logis.
        The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
        4
        He later wrote a manual of arms for use in the United States army.
        The Life of Abraham Lincoln
        5
        Standing stiffly, the plebe started through the manual of arms.
        Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point / Or, Finding the Glor...
        6
        Drill in dressings, facings, the manual of arms, wheeling and marching by twos and fours.
        Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
        7
        You know as much about the manual of arms as I do about Hebrew verbs.
        Uncle Sam's Boys with Pershing's Troops / Or, Dick Prescott at G...
        8
        He drilled him in the manual of arms and sword exercise, and taught him fortification and engineering.
        Washington's Birthday / Its history, observance, spirit, and sig...
        9
        I remarked among these worthies a partiality for fisticuffs, and a dislike for the manual of arms.
        Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the ...
        10
        On recovering he went entirely through the manual of arms, and was almost seen by an Oberst-lieutenant.
        The Street of Seven Stars
        11
        Frank learned the manual of arms.
        The Drummer Boy
        12
        She gave him a pike, and put him through the manual of arms; and made him do the steps, too.
        Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 2
        13
        A marine officer doesn't have to know anything but the manual of arms and a few other little simple things.
        Dave Darrin's Fourth Year at Annapolis: Headed for Graduation an...
        14
        Meanwhile I was put through the manual of arms, with a lot of other awkward fellows, by a drill officer.
        An Original Belle
        15
        He "played soldier" and went through his own particular manual of arms with his master's stick as a gun.
        Janice Day, the Young Homemaker
        16
        The courtiers were expected to be as familiar with the code of etiquette as were the officers with the manual of arms.
        The Court of the Empress Josephine