Cossack post

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Mon Jan 23 2006 at 15:52:42

Cos"sack post. (Mil.)

An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for the more formal line of sentinels and line of pickets.

 

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