"shoulder arms" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-shoulder arms.ogg Forms: shoulders arms [present, singular, third-person], shouldering arms [participle, present], shouldered arms [participle, past], shouldered arms [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shoulder arms (third-person singular simple present shoulders arms, present participle shouldering arms, simple past and past participle shouldered arms)
  1. (intransitive, military) Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle on the right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-shoulder_arms-en-verb-9PqH1QjU Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (intransitive, cricket) To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Cricket
    Sense id: en-shoulder_arms-en-verb-6xwFW6WA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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