line of march

1. 1.

   the route along which a column advances

   Broaderpath
2. 2.

   the arrangement of people in a line for marching

   Broaderline

Questions about line of march

What does line of march mean?

line of march means "the route along which a column advances". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is line of march a common word?

line of march is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.