▪ I. † disˈmarch, v. Obs.
[ad. 16th c. F. desmarch-er ‘to step, or goe, backe..to retire..loose ground’ (Cotgr.), f. des- dis- 4 + marcher to march.]
intr. To march or fall back, to retreat; to march off, retire. Hence † disˈmarching vbl. n.
| 1596 Life Scanderbeg 225 He [Scanderbeg] dismarched therefore with as great secrecy as possible. 1600 Holland Livy ii. lxiii. 86 The enemies..dismarched away [abeunt] as speedely as they could. 1623 Bingham Xenophon 115 To dismarch from an enemy, was euer held dishonourable by a man of valour. 1635 W. Barriffe Mil. Discipl. lxxxii. (1643) 234 Of dismarching, or firing in the Reere. |
▪ II. † disˈmarch, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. 16th c. F. desmarche, f. desmarcher: see prec.]
A retreat.
| 1600 Holland Livy xxv. xxxiii. 574 The enemie..traced him hard at heeles in his dismarch [abeuntium]. |