( n. )
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.
( n. )
The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012