LEFT SHOULDER ARMS


Meaning of LEFT SHOULDER ARMS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Etymology: from the command left shoulder arms!

Date: circa 1918

: a position in the manual of arms in which the butt of the rifle is held in the left hand with the barrel resting on the left shoulder ; also : a command to assume this position

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.