military pace

noun

a pace, equal to a single step, used to coordinate the marching of soldiers, equal in the U.S. to 2½ feet (76 centimeters) for quick time and 3 feet (91 centimeters) for double time.

military pace

noun

the pace of a single step in marching, taken to be 30 inches for quick time (120 paces to the minute) in both the British and US armies

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There is a distinctly military pace to the ant-like line of tourists that streams out every morning from Bruges’s sprawling art-deco railway station and the nearby coach park.

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Miscellaneous.--3 inches 1 palm, 4 inches 1 hand, 9 inches 1 span, 18 inches 1 cubit, 21.8 inches 1 Bible cubit. 2-1/2 feet 1 military pace.

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Whirlwinds of snow ran along the fields, broke against the dark column, rose in a turmoil of flying icicles, and subsided, disclosing it creeping on without the swing and rhythm of the military pace.

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