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inspection arms

noun

  1. a position in military drill in which the missile chamber of a weapon is open for inspection.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of inspection arms1

First recorded in 1880–85
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Example Sentences

Rifles having been ordered loaded are kept loaded without command until the command unload or inspection arms, fresh clips being inserted when the magazine is exhausted.

As the inspector returns the piece the next man executes inspection arms, and so on through the troop.

The lieutenant commanding had ordered "Inspection arms!" and once again the strain of sweet music swept across the green carpeted quadrangle, and Marion Ray, seated on her piazza far down the line, chatting with a neighbor who had just dropped in, lifted her head and listened.

Each man, as the captain approaches him executes inspection arms.

As the captain returns the piece, the next man executes inspection arms, and so on through the company.

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