left face

¹

interjection

1. (used as a military command to perform a left-face.)

left-face

²

[left-feys]

noun

1. a 90° turn to the left, especially as a marching command.

verb (used without object)

left-faced, left-facing 

1. to execute a left-face.

Word History and Origins

Origin of left face¹

First recorded in 1910–15