'parade ground' definitions:
Definition of 'parade ground'
From: WordNet
noun
An area for holding parades
Definition of 'parade ground'
From: GCIDE
- Parade \Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See Pare, v. t.]
- 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. Also called parade ground. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: Any imposing procession; the movement of any group of people marshaled in military order, especially a festive public procession, which may include a marching band, persons in varied costume, vehicles with elaborate displays, and other forms of entertainment, held in commemoration or celebration of an event or in honor of a person or persons; as, a parade of firemen; a Thanksgiving Day parade; a Memorial Day parade; a ticker-tape parade. [PJC]
- In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence: A pompous show; a formal or ostentatious display or exhibition. [1913 Webster]
- Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] [1913 Webster]
- When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A public walk; a promenade. [1913 Webster]
- Dress parade, Undress parade. See under Dress, and Undress.
- Parade rest, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Ostentation; display; show.
- Usage: Parade, Ostentation. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. "It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power." --Robertson. "We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories." --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'parade ground'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agora,
- amphitheater,
- arena,
- athletic field,
- auditorium,
- background,
- bear garden,
- bowl,
- boxing ring,
- bull ring,
- campus,
- canvas,
- circus,
- cockpit,
- coliseum,
- colosseum,
- course,
- field,
- floor,
- forum,
- ground,
- gym,
- gymnasium,
- hall,
- hippodrome,
- lists,
- locale,
- marketplace,
- mat,
- milieu,
- open forum,
- palaestra,
- pit,
- place,
- platform,
- precinct,
- prize ring,
- public square,
- purlieu,
- range,
- ring,
- scene,
- scene of action,
- scenery,
- setting,
- site,
- sphere,
- squared circle,
- stadium,
- stage,
- stage set,
- stage setting,
- terrain,
- theater,
- tilting ground,
- tiltyard,
- walk,
- wrestling ring