order of battle

noun phrase

1

: the disposition of troops or ships ready for combat

2

: a tabular compilation of units, commanders, equipment, and their locations in a theater of operation

Examples of order of battle in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More recently, a Nelson order of battle for Trafalgar sold at Christie’s for £32,760 ($45,000) in 2024, against a high estimate of £20,000 ($27,500). — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The successful deployment and operation of these weapons is the order of battle, and our leaders must ensure positive control over operations and the evolution of their capability. — Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

All that is to say, 14—now 13—Challenger 2s amount to a rounding error in Ukraine’s order of battle. — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024

Ukraine’s army will be deleted from the West’s order of battle. — Robert Zubrin, National Review, 12 Jan. 2024

Tank crews unable to maneuver away from threats often abandon immobile tanks, removing them from the enemy order of battle entirely. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023

The Indian military, however, does not need to replace its entire order of battle with new planes, tanks, and ships. — Arzan Tarapore, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for order of battle

• battel
• brattle
• cattle
• chattel
• prattle
• rattle
• tattle
• striatal