open order

English

Noun

open order (uncountable)

  1. (military) A military unit formed up so as to allow space between its ranks.
  2. (nautical) A naval formation in which ships are four cables'-length (2880 feet) apart.

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.