marching noun. ['mɑ:tʃɪŋ] M16.
[from MARCH verb² + -ING¹.]
1. The action of MARCH verb²; an instance of this. M16.
b. marching past, the action of performing a march past. M19.

2. The move of a chess-piece. rare. Only in M16.

Comb.:
marching order (a) equipment or a formation for marching; (b) in pl., the direction for troops to depart for war etc.; fig. a dismissal (freq. in get one's marching orders).

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