Definition of marching Marching

/mɑˈɹʧɪŋ/ - [marching] -

We found 7 definitions of marching from 5 different sources.

What does marching mean?

Noun
marching - the act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching"
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		walking, walk the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise"
		countermarch (military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route
		goose step a manner of marching with legs straight and swinging high
		lockstep a manner of marching in file in which each person's leg moves with and behind the corresponding leg of the person ahead; "the prisoner's ankles were so chained together that they could only march in lockstep"
		promenade a march of all the guests at the opening of a formal dance
		quick march marching at quick time

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marching
One of the first necessities to distinguish a body of disciplined troops from a mere crowd of men is a regular cadenced step, taken by every individual at the same time, and with the same foot. When troops are to march a long distance the route step is employed, the men keeping the same distance and their places in the ranks as when marching on drills, parades, reviews, musters, etc., where the cadenced step in common, quick, or double time is employed. In the U. S. service the length of the step in common and quick time is 28 inches, and the cadence is at the rate of 90 steps per minute for common time and 110 for quick time; in double time the length of the step is 33 inches and the cadence at the rate of 165 steps per minute, but it may be increased to 180. In the feudal ages, when infantry fell into disrepute, cadenced marching was unattended to, and seems only to have been thoroughly revived by Marshal Saxe.