Battlefield
['bæt(ə)lfiːld] or ['bætlfild]
Definition
(noun.) a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought; 'they made a tour of Civil War battlefields'.
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Examples
- The tactics of the battlefield are of no use when the battle is won. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was very much given to sit his horse side-ways--with both feet on one side--particularly on the battlefield. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Lützow[377] describes how the papal representative and the Duke of Saxony ascended a convenient hill to inspect the battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Afterwards it was found that all the houses in the vicinity of the battlefield were turned into hospitals for the wounded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It was, they discovered, not going to be a battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His gentleman is not the battlefield of wants and prohibitions; in him impulses flow freely through beneficent channels. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Dawn broke upon the vestiges of Rustam's army in flight far beyond the litter of the battlefield. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There was no moon, only a battlefield of broken lights and shadows, running close together. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Lycurgus