MARSHALED
Verb
marshaled
(American spelling) simple past tense and past participle of marshal
Source: Wiktionary
MARSHAL
Mar"shal, n. Etym: [OE. mareschal, OF. mareschal, F. maréchal, LL.
mariscalcus, from OHG. marah-scalc (G. marschall); marah horse +
scalc servant (akin to AS. scealc, Goth. skalks). F. maréchal
signifies, a marshal, and a farrier. See Mare horse, and cf.
Seneschal.]
1. Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom. [Obs.]
2. An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of
ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like; as, specifically:
(a) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide
entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.
(b) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other
assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.
(c) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times,
to regulate combats in the lists. Johnson.
(d) (France) The highest military officer. In other countries of
Europe a marshal is a military officer of high rank, and called field
marshal.
(e) (Am. Law) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial
district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts
of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of
a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police
officers of a city. Earl marshal of England, the eighth officer of
state; an honorary title, and personal, until made hereditary in the
family of the Duke of Norfolk. During a vacancy in the office of high
constable, the earl marshal has jurisdiction in the court of
chivalry. Brande & C.
– Earl marshal of Scotland, an officer who had command of the
cavalry under the constable. This office was held by the family of
Keith, but forfeited by rebellion in 1715.
– Knight marshal, or Marshal of the King's house, formerly, in
England, the marshal of the king's house, who was authorized to hear
and determine all pleas of the Crown, to punish faults committed
within the verge, etc. His court was called the Court of Marshalsea.
– Marshal of the Queen's Bench, formerly the title of the officer
who had the custody of the Queen's bench prison in Southwark. Mozley
& W.
Mar"shal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marshaled or Marshalled; p. pr. & vb.
n. Marshaling or Marshalling.]
1. To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to
marshal troops or an army.
And marshaling the heroes of his name As, in their order, next to
light they came. Dryden.
2. To direct, guide, or lead.
Thou marshalest me the way that I was going. Shak.
3. (Her.)
Definition: To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an
escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an
achievement.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition