close position

American  

[klohs] / kloʊs /

noun

Music.

1. arrangement of a chord so that the voices, excluding the bass, occur within an octave.

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Example Sentences

In another close position battle, either Princeton Fuimaona “or” sophomore Travis Feeney will start at one outside linebacker spot.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2013

In a close position I should have compromised them.

From Memoirs To Illustrate The History Of My Time Volume 1 by Cole, John William

With no swivel features to his wagon, Anderson could nevertheless work the horse and wagon into any kind of close position for loading and unloading.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

If it is what it should be, about ninety per cent of the necessary work required for obtaining close position rates will have been completed.

From Rules and Practice for Adjusting Watches by Kleinlein, Walter J.

After this she sheered off with all diligence from her too close position, "utterly misliking her first entertainment".

From The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR by Leighton, Robert