light-armed

American  

[lahyt-ahrmd] / ˈlaɪtˈɑrmd /

adjective

1. carrying light weapons.

   light-armed troops.

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Etymology

Origin of light-armed

First recorded in 1610–20

Example Sentences

For this purpose light-armed, fast-moving troops are needed, equipped with jeeps, half-tracks, light trucks, small arms, machine guns and 75s.

From Time Magazine Archive

The light-armed troops were furnished with a light javelin having a strap or thong fastened to the middle to assist in hurling.

From Great Inventions and Discoveries by Piercy, Willis Duff

The kern or cateran of the Highlands was a light-armed infantryman, as opposed to the heavy-armed "gallowglass."

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn

Lancelot leaped lightly from the falling animal, and rushed in a rage into the wood; but there were so many hedges and ditches that he found it impossible to reach his light-armed assailants.

From Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

But such was his energy that, though he had no regular troops with him, his light-armed auxiliaries stormed the whole length of the line at a single rush.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward