mass of maneuver

English edit

Noun edit

mass of maneuver

(military) A body of troops held in military reserve by a general for striking a blow on an exposed flank or wherever the enemy reveals a weak spot.

References edit

Cassell's New English Dictionary. Suppl. 1919.

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