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The training ground for a horse. Farrow.

plication of mechanical appliances to the mounting, dismounting, and moving of artillery. Farrow. -- Mechanical philosophy, the principles of mechanics applied to the inverstigation of physical phenomena. -- Mechanical powers, certain simple instruments, such as the lever and its modifications (the wheel and axle and…

kout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire. Farrow.

he several formations, preparatory to marching to the general parade for field exercises. Farrow. -- To be well off, to be in good condition. -- To be ill off, To be badly off, to be in poor condition.

nt whose turn it is to supervise for the day the arrangements for food, cleanliness, etc. Farrow. -- Orderly room. (a) The court of the commanding officer, where charges against the men of the regiment are tried. (b) The office of the commanding officer, usually in the barracks, whence orders emanate. Farrow. -- Orde…

A kind of stockaded intrenchment. [New Zealand.] Farrow.

A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march. Farrow.

art of a fortification to protect the defenders from a rear or ricochet fire; a traverse. Farrow.

To bring forth (pigs); to bring forth in the manner of pigs; to farrow.

of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. Farrow. -- Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. -- Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2. -- Powder mine, a min…

A term applied to the point in fencing. Farrow.

rt.) A low semicircular work situated in and commanding a ditch. [Written also ramshorn.] Farrow. (b) (Paleon.) An ammonite.

h and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. Farrow.

The issuing of a projectile from a rifled gun without acquiring the spiral motion. Farrow.

See Tampion. Farrow.