line of battle

1. 1.

   a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack

   Broaderline

   Partssalient

   military

Questions about line of battle

What does line of battle mean?

line of battle means "a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack".

Is line of battle a common word?

line of battle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.